Comments on Etymology, Volume 52, Issue 1

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Content

1. GERALD COHEN: News item: Book (Origin of the Term 'Dude') is published ...................................................... 2

2. ANATOLY LIBERMAN: Dude: a long history of a short word. (Reprint of Liberman's Dec. 7, 2022, OUPblog item, which reports on Origin of the Term 'Dude ') ........................................ 3

3. Reader (SIMON LAW) of Liberman's 'dude' blog says the book should have mentioned The Big Lebowski (film) .................. 8

4. JANET NGYUEN: Why do we say 'Check, please' at a restaurant instead of referring to a bill?' (reprinted from Public Radio website Marketplace) ........................................................ 9

5. GERALD COHEN: Children's speech adopted by adults: choo-choo 'train' and Boo Boo (one family's nickname of a father-in-law .. . ........................ 16

Abstract

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Recommended Citation

(2023) "Comments on Etymology, Volume 52, Issue 1," Comments on Etymology: Vol. 52: Iss. 1, Article 1.
Available at: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/coe/vol52/iss1/1