Re: More signs of the times

In article <22l4r3hqbfoo0sin7e3k9b2m486gfqkms6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (mike weber) wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:46:36 -0000, dicconf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Richard Eney)
> wrote:
> >For a slight ****ft of topic but still within the subject line:
> >When and where did "lightly" begin to be used to mean "mildly" 
> >or "slightly"?  I've only previously seen it used that way by 
> >a woman from Peru who is not a native speaker of English.
> As in "We use only the finest Amazon tree frogs, hand picked, lightly
> killed..."?  (Of course, i could be misrecalling that.)

That's pretty much what I meant. I got sworn at, but not very hard, and 
the ridiculousness of the swearer's position rather reduced its impact. 

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John Dallman, jgd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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