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Article #285Re: English and its Mutilation
From: Dan Jacobson
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1992 17:55
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1992 17:55
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>>>>> On 28 Jul 92 20:34:56 GMT, kartik@hls.com (Kartik Chandrasekhar) said: Kartik> "Dont do drugs." (Seen on billboards all over the country.) On the other hand, a friend who grew up in Gujarat, India, said: "Bob, do you take alcohol?" Which seemed quite odd to my Chicagoland ears, as I would instead say "Bob, do you drink alcohol?" ---"take" sounding cold and medicinal. This is often shortened to "Bob, do you drink?" Kartik> "Why Bush cannot be beat". (Instead of .... cannot be beaten). I must be low class, as even though "beat" may be easier to squeeze into headline space, they resonate as approximately similar in my mind here.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewse!danj1 From: danj1@ihspa.att.com (Dan Jacobson) Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Re: English and its Mutilation Message-ID: <1992Aug5We135441a.danj1@ihspa.att.com> Date: 5 Aug 92 17:55:30 GMT References: <9207282034.AA09794@nms.netman> Sender: news@cbnewse.cb.att.com (NetNews Administrator) Organization: AT&T-BL, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: kartik@hls.com's message of 28 Jul 92 20:34:56 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: ihspa.ih.att.com