4.0045 Doddle (24)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 14 May 90 17:51:32 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0045. Monday, 14 May 1990.


(1) Date: 11 May 90 17:59:28 EST (12 lines)
From: James O'Donnell <JODONNEL@PENNSAS>
Subject: Doddle?

(2) Date: Monday, 14 May 1990 1132-EST (12 lines)
From: KRAFT@PENNDRLS
Subject: Idiom trading?

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Date: 11 May 90 17:59:28 EST
From: James O'Donnell <JODONNEL@PENNSAS>
Subject: Doddle?

From: Jim O'Donnell (Classics, Penn)

The very informative piece on TeX etc. included the throwaway line
`Cross-references are a doddle.' I think I infer correctly that they
aren't handled very well at all, but the word `doddle' attracts me: a
recent Britishism? It sounds useful and with a little instruction I
would be happy to propagate it. Life, I surmise, is full of doddles
waiting to be called by name.
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Date: Monday, 14 May 1990 1132-EST
From: KRAFT@PENNDRLS
Subject: Idiom trading?

To "glom onto" something is familiar to me -- I have a sort of
oral-dental image, maybe like eating with no teeth -- but despite
ongoing conversations with British friends, I don't recall hearing of
things that "are a doddle" (Catherine Griffin, on LaTeX). Seems to mean
they are a snap, or a piece of cake, or "no problem" (with correct
intonation). Origin(s)?

Bob Kraft