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Re: Word usage in group versus out of group.

From:Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>
Date:Saturday, May 22, 1999, 11:50
> Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 19:41:25 -0500 > From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
> Old Kinderhook (Martin Van Buren) certainly did boost its popularity, > and ensure that it would remain. Up until that point, in fact, O.W. > (oll wright) was more popular that O.K. before that point. O.K. might > very well have died out as did O.W. and K.Y. (Know Yuse), among others, > were it not for Van Buren's re-election campaign.
I see the state of research has advanced since I used to read sci.lang. Thanks for the info. Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)