Date:  Thu, 23 Mar 1995 15:17:06 -0800

From:  Peter McGraw <pmcgraw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CALVIN.LINFIELD.EDU>

Subject: Picayune



Does the reply in the following exchange (from another list) surprise

anyone as much as it does me? I've known the word, in the meaning "petty,

nit-picking," at least since my undergrad days in Ohio. Is it regional?

Generational? Is there anyone on this list who hasn't heard it?



Peter McGraw

Linfield College

McMinnville, OR



---------- Forwarded message ----------

Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 13:34:11 -0500

From: Matthew Cottle - U. of Idaho <cottle[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uidaho.edu>

To: Multiple recipients of list <cfrnet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]gibbs.oit.unc.edu>

Subject: Re: Proposal Summaries





On Thu, 23 Mar 1995, Susan Flaherty wrote:



>  Every grants officer I've ever talked to about this says this

> approach is just fine, and generally seemed to consider it a

> somewhat annoying, picayune question. Every consultant I've asked

> has basically said the same thing. The only people who've had any

> problem with repeating language in a summary have been volunteers

> and fellow staff. Which means that on several ocassions I've

> presented my opinions and then gracefully said, "Sure, I can do that."



Susan: That's for a new word for today! I had to go to a dictionary to

look up "picayune." Does this mean that New Orleans' daily newspaper,

the Times Picayune, is worth only a half-dime?



 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Matthew S. Cottle       As of March 28:

 University of Idaho      School of Engineering and Applied Science

 College of Engineering    Princeton University

 COTTLE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIDAHO.EDU       cottle[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]princeton.edu