Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!dave From: dave@uwvax.UUCP (Dave Cohrs) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.nlang Subject: Re: literacy Message-ID: <380@uwvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 09:23:28 EST Article-I.D.: uwvax.380 Posted: Mon Nov 4 09:23:28 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 07:19:10 EST References: <747@cyb-eng.UUCP> <1900005@datacube.UUCP> <2260@iddic.UUCP> <670@stc-b.stc.UUCP> <2433@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 12 Xref: linus net.followup:4534 net.nlang:3385 > One non-literate strangeness I've run across was "anotherwards," which > several students used because they didn't know the phrase was "in other > words." This reminds me of another phrase which I caught myself using the other day -- "a whole nuther". Luckily, now that I recognize this strangeness, I can avoid it (and keep it from spreading). -- Dave Cohrs (608) 262-1204 ...!{harvard,ihnp4,seismo,topaz}!uwvax!dave dave@romano.wisc.edu