Date:  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 15:13:30 EST
From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>
Subject: Re: one as a pronoun?

Jim Crotty ends a message with...

>acquaintances probably did. However, I've heard it used by all sorts of Brits
>from all sorts of backgrounds coming over to "the States." Maybe it's a
>kneejerk reflex when Brits encounter the informal American tongue. I've also
>heard it a lot on BBC broadcasts. Maybe just another example of a snob (sans
>nobilite) trying to emulate nobility?               ^^^^^^^^^^
 ^^^^^^^^

--incidentally, one more stock folk-etymology, pseudo-acronym dept. (That's
the department with shelves stocking e.g. "posh" and "fuck", although it might
be objected that those are REAL pseudo-acronyms, while "snob" < s.nob. for
"sans nobilite'" or Lat. "sine nobilitate" is more of a pseudo quasi-acronym,
or vice versa.)     --Larry