End of ADS-L Digest - 23 Jan 1998 to 24 Jan 1998
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Subject: ADS-L Digest - 24 Jan 1998 to 25 Jan 1998

There are 10 messages totalling 493 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

 1. doppkit (2)
 2. Sexgate words
 3. Survey help again
 4. Survey help again--new participant
 5. "legal jargon" the "ultimate dialect of scandal"? (Sheidlower &
   Shuyquoted)
 6. syntactic blends (3)
 7. Almost about dialect

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Date:  Sun, 25 Jan 1998 00:04:29 -0500
From:  Gregory {Greg} Downing <downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IS2.NYU.EDU>
Subject: Re: doppkit

At 11:11 PM 1/24/98, Steve Harper <sharper[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FOTO.INFI.NET> wrote:

>But is it an acronym??? I've found two very different explanations of its
>possible origin [clipped to save bandwidth]
>

This probably has nothing to do with it, but just in case: OED dop v. = to
dip, immerse, submerge. If it's a shaving kit.... But then again, I don't
wish to add to the considerable amount of fanciful if clever etymologizing
in the world....

Greg Downing/NYU, at greg.downing[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nyu.edu or downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]is2.nyu.edu