Date:  Tue, 28 Mar 1995 15:58:41 CST

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.BITNET>

Subject: Re: Gesundheit!



I'm tempted to categorize items like "Gezundheit" as something other

than dialect per se. It's part of "manners" and thus subject to trend

shifts that are only partly linguistic. But every social trend has a

large language component, doesn't it. This question raises lots of

interesting side questions.



A side comment on another thread from this List:

Yesterday we found out from the OJ trial that 'upset' is another

word without a specific referent.

                 DMLance