Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 08:36:31 -0500

From: Greg Pulliam gpulliam[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CHARLIE.IIT.EDU

Subject: yadda, yadda, yadda



I'm seeing this term showing up in print a lot since "Seinfeld" did a whole

show around it. Was this a common term before that episode? Is my

perception about its expanded use one that is shared by others. Here's a

quote employing the term from a list that I'm on--if anyone wants the exact

citation, I'll get it.



All this rubbish about how we're somehow different from them, that

there are "two cultures," yadda, yadda, yadda, is ultimately

self-destructive.



Gregory J. Pulliam

Illinois Institute of Technology

Lewis Department of Humanities

Chicago, IL 60616

gpulliam[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]charlie.cns.iit.edu