End of ADS-L Digest - 2 Jun 1994 to 3 Jun 1994

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There are 3 messages totalling 84 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. infomercial

 2. Words of the Year (2)



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Date:  Mon, 6 Jun 1994 09:24:39 -0500

From:  debaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIUC.EDU

Subject: infomercial



We have arrived: the June 6 issue of the _New Yorker_, p. 98, has one of

those "stupid things in the news" squibs, and it's about us. To wit:



 Still, the "information superhighway" rolls on. The American Dialect

Society voted the phrase Word of the Year for 1993.-- _Wall Street

Journal__. The society speaks a dialect all its own.



So, Allan, are you still touting the New Yorker's "education" program?



I suppose it's time to fall back on the old editor's ploy, any publicity is

good publicity.



Dennis

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