End of ADS-L Digest - 23 Mar 1996 to 24 Mar 1996

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There are 9 messages totalling 313 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. himbos revisited

 2. mla presiders needed (2)

 3. Apology to list

 4. gapers' block (3)

 5. e-usage survey declined

 6. Lavatory = ?



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Date:  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 04:52:46 -0500

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: himbos revisited



was reading the south african version of _elle_ magazine and came

across an article called "happiness is a himbo". it claims (though i

don't trust _elle_'s linguistic research methods) that the term

was coined in _tatler_ magazine (a british women's mag). no date

given.



but they also give another form that i don't remember being discussed

here: bimboy. i like it.



lynne



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M. Lynne Murphy              104lyn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]muse.arts.wits.ac.za

Department of Linguistics            phone: 27(11)716-2340

University of the Witwatersrand          fax: 27(11)716-8030

Johannesburg 2050

SOUTH AFRICA