End of ADS-L Digest - 23 Feb 1995 to 24 Feb 1995

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There are 10 messages totalling 198 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. long time no see (4)

 2. changing the language

 3. Looking for some useful arguments

 4. "little" and "jr"

 5. Software for teaching copy editing?

 6. copyeditors/teachers

 7. Wrong time no sea



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Date:  Sat, 25 Feb 1995 00:09:34 -0800

From:  Anton Sherwood <dasher[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NETCOM.COM>

Subject: long time no see



Anybody know the history of the phrase "long time no see"?

What other pidginesque phrases do we use?



Anton Sherwood  *\\*  +1 415 267 0685  *\\*  DASher[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]netcom.com