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There are 10 messages totalling 269 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Streak (2)

 2. packy?

 3. "Meanwhile, back at the ranch ...," (4)

 4. out-of-pocket (2)

 5. English Only Amendment



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Date:  Tue, 14 May 1996 09:44:59 -0500

From:  "Kathleen M. O'Neill" <koneil1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIC.EDU>

Subject: Streak



Sorry to cross-post, but this was on

the Linguist list, and I thought someone

from this bunch might have an answer.



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>Date:     Mon, 13 May 1996 23:46:02 -0500

>From:     The Linguist List <linguist[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]tam2000.tamu.edu>

>Subject:   7.690, Qs: E-mail,"Streak", Applied, Dative/Essive, Discourse

>

>Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 12:10:02 MDT

>From: hcannon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]macalstr.edu (Heather Cannon)

>Subject: etymology of "streak"

>

>Members,

>

>I am trying to find the etymology of the phrase "to streak", meaning

>to run naked. A prof here at Macalester College claims that the

>phrase originated here, but I can't find any proof to back that up -

>or to disprove it. The dictionaries I have checked don't even list

>this as a meaning of "streak" so I guess it's slang, though certainly

>in common usage -- especially here at Mac where it's a popular

>pasttime. :)

>

>Any help or leads would be very much appreciated.

>

>Thank you.

>

>Heather Cannon

>hcannon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]macalstr.edu



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