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Subject: ADS-L Digest - 26 Oct 1997 to 27 Oct 1997
There are 41 messages totalling 1323 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

 1. "Nary?" (5)
 2. Blessings and other southern euphemisms (3)
 3. ADS-L Digest - 23 Oct 1997 to 24 Oct 1997
 4. ADS-L Digest - 25 Oct 1997 to 26 Oct 1997 (3)
 5. Thoughts on "whole nuther"
 6. unctuous speech -Reply
 7. hello/good-bye
 8. Neck hue. (5)
 9. PC Dictionaries? (8)
 10. Okay....new topic. (2)
 11. shades of red?
 12. redneck, nigger, good ole boy, kicker, etc. (7)
 13. red neck
 14. SALSA 98 Call for Papers
 15. Emerge Article

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Date:  Mon, 27 Oct 1997 08:24:58 -0500
From:  Robert Ness <ness[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DICKINSON.EDU>
Subject: Re: "Nary?"

Nary is a variant of "never a" ; I suspect that your friend actually
said "nary a bit." Check DARE for a number of citations. On Sun, 26 Oct
1997, MELISSA S. SMITH wrote:

> I was just curious as to whether or not someone could tell me where the
> word 'nary' comes from. I heard it this weekend. I asked a friend a
> question and they told me that they ,'didn't care nary bit'. Is this
> common? I've never heard anything like it. It sounds like something
> that Foxworthy guy would joke about.
>
> Melissa S. Smith
> mssmit01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]morehead-st.edu
>