End of ADS-L Digest - 8 Jan 1995 to 9 Jan 1995

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There are 10 messages totalling 691 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Edith Juan

 2. Words of the Year

 3. GLS 1995: Developments in Discourse Analysis

 4. PAPERS for ADS at Georgetown

 5. Cultural Olympiad (fwd)

 6. More Responses (4)

 7. Gullah Bible



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Date:  Tue, 10 Jan 1995 08:06:40 EST

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: Edith Juan



>Dear Wayne:

>Since you are not a Louisville adolescent (and apparently neither are your

>friends and colleagues) it will have to be explained.

>Edith is eateth (eat+eth)-I even joked about philology to help you along with

>this. Juan is One; therefore, eateth one, a reference (at least in our

>adolescent minds) to fellatio.

>Dennis (a former Louisville adolescent) Preston

>P.S.: In fairness, it should be pointed out that accurate Spanish

>pronunciation will also get in the way of the joke, if joke such trash may be

>called.

><22709mgr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]msu.edu>



A private response told me that Edith Juan meant "Eat THIS one." Did I

misunderstand another posting that seemed to imply that a "thwan" was a

lisped "swan"? Edith Juan is not a good joke.







Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu

BITNET Address: Wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]USCN