End of ADS-L Digest - 1 Jan 1996 to 2 Jan 1996

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There are 21 messages totalling 438 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. dis

 2. Can I hear what you're saying? (2)

 3. Many excellent responses...Good to Be Here

 4. the file' file

 5. cyberia

 6. "False Faces"

 7. cyberia -Reply

 8. Sound change in progress or A New York Moment (2)

 9. new word? (3)

 10. aspiration

 11. Language in the Judicial Process (http://hamlet.la.utk.edu)

 12. And The Winners Are... (4)

 13. ser(i)o-discordant

 14. Nominee: 1996 WOTY



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Date:  Wed, 3 Jan 1996 05:58:39 -0500

From:  SETH SKLAREY <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET>

Subject: Re: dis



 Russ McClay wrote:



>Finally, living overseas makes keeping up on all the current expressions

>difficult. One that piqued my interest a year or two ago is "dis" / "dissed".





"dis" is short for disrespect



Welcome to the list.



Seth Sklarey

Wittgenstein School of the Unwritten Word

Coconut Grove, FL

crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ipof.fla.net