How to get Published

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December 11, 2004

You know the "Word-a-Day" service that you can get via Email? Well, I suscribe to it, and years ago sent it this explanation I heard of the term "eighty-sixed." It's making it into a book they're putting out!

Thank God I didn't ditch the AOL address.

From: Anu Garg  [ Save Address ]

To: makemarc@aol.com">makemarc@aol.com

Subject: Permission to quote you

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:45:43 -0500

Dear Marc,

In October 2005, the publishing house of John Wiley & Sons will publish

my book based on words that have appeared on 'A Word A Day'. I will also

be including a number of anecdotes from AWAD readers. I would like to

include the following, which you wrote, for publication in the book:

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I was told by a bartender friend that the derivation of "eight-six'd"

comes from the Old West. Alcohol was once allowed to be 100 proof in

strength, and when a regular was known to get disorderly, he was served

with spirits of a slightly lower 86 proof. Hence he was 86ed.

-Marc Olmsted, West Hollywood, California

(Please fill in your location above).

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To include your feedback, I need to have your permission. If you are

willing to let me use this material in my book, please reply to this

email as soon as possible. I will then email you Wiley's standard

permission letter, which you will have to print out, sign and mail to me.

If you ask me not to include your feedback, or if you do not reply to this

email in the next few days, I will not include your material.

I am under a fairly tight deadline from my publisher, so, if you are

willing to grant me permission to use your feedback, please respond as soon

as you can.

Best wishes,

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Anu Garg