Very good then, on to other topics.
With respect to "y'all", English has for a couple centuries now limped along
without a true second person plural ("you" has tried, unsuccessfully in my
opinion, to be both singular and plural). We can thank the genteel people
of the southern US for resolving this with an elegant elision of "you"
tacked onto "all".
-=michael=-
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christian Sell
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 2:50 AM
To: Orion-Interest
Subject: Re: An apology for Christian Sell
Michael,
I hardly remeber which of the flames yours was (the first one, right?). I
posted an apology to the list shortly after that, stating that I agreed with
y'all (thats the way to say it these days, isn't it?) but it never made it.
I did have a slight foreboding of what was going to come when I wrote the
initial post. It was certainly all my fault
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael S. Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Orion-Interest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 11:46 PM
Subject: An apology for Christian Sell
> Christian,
>
> I hope you will accept my apologies. While I still feel strongly that we
on
> the list should be very tolerant of language issues, on rereading your
> comment I see that I read a great deal into your words that you may not
have
> intended (it is one of the great difficulties of email communication).
Even
> if I read between the lines correctly, I had no right to respond with such
a
> vitriolic tone. My only excuse is that, at the time, I was still quite
> upset about the Supreme Court decision (Bush v. Gore). I'm afraid that
> politics has greater impact on my mood than I sometimes care to admit. 8-)
>
> -=michael=-
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