European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A thank you is William Safire on language David Brinkley welcomed vice president Al Gore on his sunday morning Abc program with a cordial Quot thank you for  Gore a As so Many guests now do a answered with the aph Etic a thank you with a slight emphasis on the you. Quot you re Welcome used to be the Standard response to thank you Quot writes Daniel Kocan of Orlando Fla. Quot now thank you is the Stock response to thank you. Since when and Why can you explain this recent doppelganger phenomenon a first to doppelganger. This is from the German for Quot the ghostly double of a living person a and is an. Apt description of the returned thank you. Next to the aph tic or shortening of words or phrases by the elimination of the unstressed word or syllable the / is lost in i thank  to the rampant Alphonse Gasto ism on the airwaves. Quot after you a no after you Quot Richard run Bobbitt run Heck he May want Back in Tony Kornheiser like most americans i have absolutely no idea Why there was such a debate Over Napa. I mean if you done to like Napa you can go to Trak or some other Auto parts shop. All this talk about losing jobs to Mexico. Who in his right mind is going to drive All the Way to Mexico for an Oil filter excuse me for a second please. Sorry. I misspoke myself it is apparently Naftal which in a told stands for a new Amigos flooding to  you must forgive me for being a Little vague on the Central facts Here. I am not alone in this. The entire Naftal debate appears to have been closely scrutinized and understood by a total of 45 of the 250,000,000 american citizens a including As Many As three congressmen and Al Gore whose primetime cat fight with Jug eared pygmy billionaire Ross Perot was about As illuminating As a lightning Bug in Jerry Falwell a behind. I am angry at Naftal for taking up so much room in my newspaper and forcing two More deserving stories into Small holes. One would be the amazing revelation that John Weiner author of websters new world dictionary of Media and communications thinks it is a Subtle form of one up Manship or at least the aversion of one Dow Manship. Quot say that Dan rather and con Nie Chung Are on the air and Dan says thank you if Connie replies you re Welcome a then Dan May appear to have the advantage. A returned thank you equates their positions.�?�. We have Here what psych linguists Call focal stress. The primary emphasis in a spoken sentence often affects its interpretation As in Quot what do you think a is. A what do you think a with assertive humility the new counter Precia Tion avoids the appearance of acknowledging a favor that the responder May have done for the thanker. Listen for it the aph Etic verbal doppelganger has All but abolished what used to be the polite response. Henry Kissinger never used to have that problem. I recall a woman Rushing up to him when he was Secretary of state to gush Quot thank you thank you or. Kissinger for saving Western civilization from nude a catastrophe Quot his reply was More honest than modest Quot you re  letter rip Quot there a a lot of Money in the health care sys Tern a president Clinton said in criticism of the insurance Industry a that does no to have a rip to do with health  what a a rip to most of us a rip is a tear in a piece of clothing. The noun is formed from the verb to rip from the Middle English and flemish Rippon Quot to strip off  Joan Hall associate editor of the dictionary of american regional English provides me with a couple of citations to show How a sense of worthlessness in this word has a developed into a general euphemism that allows one to avoid hell or  from a Quot  a Bobbitt says he might consider taking Lorena Back if she asked forgiveness. The other Story would be the item about the Deer in the main terminal at Washington a Dulles Airport. Dealing with the Bobbitt Erst it seems John Bob Bitt went on to and opened the door to what could be the most anticipated reunion since return to Gil Ligan s Island by saying Quot it would take a lot to get us Back together As favas counselling you know working things out. I feel what she did was wrong but in a a very forgive Ful  forgive Ful is that anything like being As ramified i have heard of turning the other Well Cheek but this is ridiculous. When would these two lovebirds get Back together thanksgiving Quot of no sweetie i insist you  How could he Ever get a Good nights sleep again he said he still carries Lorena a picture in his Wallet a probably so he can hand it Over at a Hoffritz counter with a sign that says Quot please do not sell this woman  As you know Pepsi has dropped Michael Jackson. But a Friend called to Tell me she heard Pepsi. Has signed up John Bobbitt for slice Bobbitt also said he was the abused spouse claiming his wife often hit him. Bobbitt who weighs 200 pounds says he pushed his 92-Pound wife in a Ysel defense Quot which is laughable and sort of like going. Into a supermarket with an ak-47 and wiping out the cottage cheese because of the threat of cholesterol. Of Bobbitt also says it still hurts. Which lets face it is what we were wondering. A the Bobbitt wont go away will they you a think maybe you could just toss this Story out the car window and onto the Side of the Road like Well like you know. But it keeps bouncing Back not Only wont the Bobbitt go away but menus worst fear a a proliferation of us creative circumcisions a seems to be coming True. Recently a the presidents usage stands up. Story by Southern author James still in the american Mercury in 1940 a i hate like rip to Call him  from a 1942 pamphlet called dialect of Grant county ind Quot i done to give a  when dares Field workers asked its interviewees a if you done to care what a person does you might say go ahead i done to give a the word rip was offered especially in the South and South Midland states. Quot Clinton a use fits this Basic pattern a Hall says. Quot that does no to have the slightest thing to do with health care a or a that does no to have a Damn thing to do with health  and Clinton of course comes from the South Midland so he a being True to his   woman poured Gas on a Many a Crotch and set it afire and in Texas there was a Case of a woman pouring sul uric acid on a Many slap. And in los Angeles a woman used a pair of scissors to Cut off her husbands Homer and Jethro. Yes. Homer and Jethro if you get my Drift. Who Are these women ? cant somebody get them interested in Bowling anyway moving to the Deer in the Airport. Let me quote from the Story Quot a Deer crashed through a window of the main terminal. Then ran through the concourse and Down an escalator. As startled people watched the Buck smashed the window near the British airways ticket counter ran to the Center of the terminal and Down an escalator to the baggage claim  so now we know where the Buck stops. At the Luggage Carousel. Maybe he was attempting to mate with a Calfskin two Suiter. I know what you re wondering. You re wondering the same thing i did when i read this Story did the Deer go Down the Quot up escalator indeed he did which is a severe breach of Airport etiquette. I am shocked he Wasny to fined or otherwise disciplined for it. Us they shot the Deer Tony. They shot him yes. Wow. Who gets to mount the head air traffic control and Why the British airways counter where was the Deer going Buckingham Palace just imagine the kind of image this gives of America. Done to forget this was the International arrivals building. Lets say that a family from Mexico had just arrived and they were going to get their bags and the father who was a staunch supporter of Naftal bet you wondered How id come All the Way around on this one said to his son a ooh you la love the United states. Its such a modern sophisticated  then they step on the escalator and a May Caramba papa Bambi Quot the Washington Post 24 sunday november 28, 1993