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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!RA.MSSTATE.EDU!MAYNOR
  3. Message-ID: <9301031328.AA17538@Ra.MsState.Edu>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  5. Date:         Sun, 3 Jan 1993 07:28:10 CST
  6. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  7. From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
  8. Subject: Re: Copacetic
  9. Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu
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  12. >   I hadn't seen this word before I came across it in Burke's book. My
  13. > sources seem to suggest that it's a bit dated. Is it in common use in the
  14. > South in particular?
  15.  
  16. I wouldn't say that it's widely used, but I've never thought of it as
  17. particularly dated.  It probably shows up in writing more than in speech.
  18.    --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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