Oh Marcy - that was my laugh for the day! Thanks - not my only laugh I hope but a pretty good one! Wendy Wendy Strachan PhD. Director, Centre for Writing-Intensive Learning Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Office: AQ 6205 Tel: 604-291-3122 Fax: 604-268-6915 email: [log in to unmask] http://www.sfu.ca/cwil -----Original Message----- From: CASLL/Inkshed [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Marcy Bauman Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:07 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: U-S-ian My guess would be: U-S-A-merkin (you know, A-merkin, like they say in Texas . . . ) Marcy --On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 2:00 PM -0400 Russ Hunt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yeah, Rick, but how do you pronounce it? > > > Years ago, he came up with "USAmerican," which I often use and > > quite like because they have a tendency to chant, "USA! USA!" > > (especially at sporting events). > > Use-American, like Usenet? An American by function? > > -- Russ > St. Thomas University > http://www.StThomasU.ca/~hunt/ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Marcy Bauman Media Consultant College of Pharmacy University of Michigan 734-647-2227 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-