Date:  Wed, 26 Oct 1994 08:56:29 PDT

From:  John Baugh <John.Baugh[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]STANFORD.BITNET>

Subject: Larry Davis: a gentleman and scholar of the old school



REPLY TO 10/26/94 07:22 FROM ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.BITNET "American Dialect Society": Re:

offending idioms



Thanks Larry:



It's good to know that ADS will be lead by a scholar who is also a

gentleman. In the hood we'd say "That man has good HT." (i.e. Home

training).



In the African American community, saying that someone had good "HT"

or worse, that someone "ain't got no HT" is a way of distinguishing

those who are considerate of others, and those who simply lack such

training. Are there comparable expressions in the white community

(in the U.S. or elsewhere?)





Best, John Baugh



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