Re: Of badges and things (Was "in" and "on")

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From: Kenton A. Hoover
Date: Sun, 07 May 1989 23:34

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In article <17294@mimsy.UUCP> don@brillig.umd.edu.UUCP (Don Hopkins) writes:
>that they go through before every flight. I wonder how long until they start
>telling passengers not to "disdetectorize the bathroom."

Why not "dedetectorize"?  


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From: shibumi@speedo.UUCP (Kenton A. Hoover)
Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: Of badges and things (Was "in" and "on")
Keywords: spatial language, prepositions, metaphor
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Date: 7 May 89 23:34:23 GMT
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