End of ADS-L Digest - 31 Aug 1997 to 1 Sep 1997
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Subject: ADS-L Digest - 1 Sep 1997 to 2 Sep 1997
There are 2 messages totalling 174 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

 1. ...razzi/Buck House
 2. Safire's WATCHING MY LANGUAGE, HDAS H-O reviews; Hot Dog & the AP

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Date:  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 15:43:18 -0400
From:  "Margaret G. Lee -English" <mlee[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CS.HAMPTONU.EDU>
Subject: Re: ...razzi/Buck House

How about "PAPANAZI," considering the blood thirsty way they stalk their
victims, like bounty hunters.

On Sun, 31 Aug 1997, DMC Rogers wrote:

> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 22:59:31 EDT
> From: DMC Rogers <rogers22[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]JUNO.COM>
> To: ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: ...razzi/Buck House
>
> Speaking of words used in the discussions of Princess Diana's death, I
> noticed several people calling Buckingham Palace "Buck House." Does
> anybody know anything about the origins of that or earlier uses?
>
>
> On Sun, 31 Aug 1997 00:58:35 -0400 "Barry A. Popik" <Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
> writes:
> >   Princess Diana is dead. I can't believe it.
> >   David Shulman told me about his research into "paparazzi" (and
> >"paparazzo"). The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology is correct:
> >
> >PAPARAZZO n., pl. PAPARAZZI, aggressive photographer who pursues
> >celebrities.
> > 1961, American English, borrowing of Italian _paparazzo_, in allusion
> >to the
> >surname of a free-lance photographer in the Italian motion picture _La
> >Dolce
> >Vita_ (1959).
>