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. 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