End of ADS-L Digest - 22 Oct 1997 to 23 Oct 1997

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Subject: ADS-L Digest - 23 Oct 1997 to 24 Oct 1997

There are 30 messages totalling 965 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



1. sociolinguistic competence (2)

2. Your mail (5)

3. - no subject (01IP5OGNV35Q8X2EE4) -

4. hello/good-bye (3)

5. Those (expletive deleted) stereotypes

6. the mindlessness of "bless you"

7. Sneeze

8. Blendings in Festival Names (2)

9. sea change (6)

10. Damned if you do, damned if you don't

11. annoying phatic utterances

12. "How are you doing?" (2)

13. The whole "bless you-thing"

14. "Bless you" (2)

15. Summary: AmEng external sandhi



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