Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 15:40:12 EST

From: Larry Horn LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU

Subject: Re: Folk Etymology: "intensive"



Yes, the "all intensive purposes" has been around for some time. It's never

clear whether such mishearing-based folk etymologies are re-invented anew over

and over or are learned that way--in other words, whether the invention is

at the level of parole or of langue. --Larry