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On Sep 13, 10:45am, Susan Dobra wrote: > Subject: Re: U.S. politics. > but seriously, folks. anthony has the support of many of us down here south > of the wide latitude. i'll be campaigning vigorously for him among my > colleagues not only because of his intellectual integrity and progressive > pedagogical attitudes but also because he's just SO DARN CUTE. gee, I don't know about the "cute" part--i finally got my ballot (I was beginning to think it was going to be a repeat of the CCCC program debacle. Now I *was* prepared to make a trip to CCCC headquarters--is that Sioux City, Iowa, or am I confusing it with some other headquarters?--to personally pick up my ballot to vote for Anthony, but it did come), and I did vote for the token Canadian... I gotta know though Anthony, was it taken in one of those Woolworth picture booths? Anthony, you're going to have to hire one of those media-types (ask though about his "toe-sucking" needs *before* you hire him)) to ensure that all the electorate really knows what you stand for (cod, whatever)....mary-louise seriously. > --susan dobra > _______________________________________________________________________________ > To: Multiple recipients of list CASLL > From: CASLL/Inkshed on Thu, Sep 12, 1996 2:34 PM > Subject: Re: U.S. politics. > > At 3:45 PM 9/12/96 -0400, Andrea A. Lunsford wrote: > >Unless I misread, Jack ACTUALLY said "Look your porches," obviously some old > >Pennsylvania Dutch invocation.....Andrea > > > Precisely correct, Andrea!! Many people would have spelled it "lock your > porches," but I was being sensitive to local usages of marginal groups. > Thanks for the clarification--it sometimes takes someone from the USA to > clear these things up, doesn't it? > > Selzer > > [log in to unmask] > Jack Selzer, Associate Professor of English > Department of English > Penn State University > University Park, PA 16802 > Phone: 814-865-0251 >-- End of excerpt from Susan Dobra