[lit-ideas] Re: GRE Registration
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 16:24:34 -0500
I've said "scratch paper" all my life, even in utero (I was verbally
precocious, now doncha know). Paul Stone must be wrong, surely the British
don't scratch in public -- especially not on paper. Like leave a trail?
How proper is that?
Oh where, oh where is JL now that we need him?
Mike Geary
scratching in pubic places, I mean public -- public, PUBLIC, I tell you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Kirschenbaum" <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 3:42 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: GRE Registration
> I always thought "scratch paper" was a decidedly "British" expression.
> I've
>> PS> heard FOUR people say it in my life and ALL have been from the UK.
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> ck: I've used the expression "scratch paper" all my life, and I was born
> and raised in NYC. Now that you mention it, though, I haven't heard the
> expression recently. A generational thing, perhaps, The very concept of
> polishing scribbled notes--whether on scratch paper or in IM form--also
> seems to have gone out of favor.
> Best,
> Carol K.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judy Evans" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:32 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: GRE Registration
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>> Thursday, May 12, 2005, 8:53:16 PM, Paul Stone wrote:
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>> PS>>
>> Probably hoarding scratch paper (I have lots and lots) is British too!
>>
>> Judy
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