End of ADS-L Digest - 8 Jan 1996 to 9 Jan 1996 ********************************************** There are 9 messages totalling 224 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Budge (2) 2. Vowels, et al 3. Oregon mist (4) 4. old maids 5. Oregon mist/old maids ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 22:47:08 -0700 From: Rudy Troike Subject: Re: Budge As a further example inspired by Charity's mother's use, it seems to me entirely natural to say something like "I expect he'll budge if he has to." Again there is the implication that one budges only grudgingly. --Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)