Horse v. mule

[Wilson Gray]

On 11/29/05, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: Horse v. mule
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> Quoting Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>:
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> > Though a reviewer of the first edition doubted whether the source
> recordings
> > were always sufficiently audible for every word to be distinguished,
> Taft's
> > work stands alone and remains extremely valuable.
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> >   Thanks for bringing this new version to our attention, George.
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> Hmm, no one seemed to think much of it when I mentioned it back in August!
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> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508D&L=ADS-L&P=R4752
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> :->
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> --Ben Zimmer
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Wal, mah thanks tuh bofa yawl. I've seen the original in the library where I
once worked. As it happened, it didn't contain the song that I was looking
for, but for what it does contain, it's worth its weight in gold, if I
remember the pricing pollicies of Garland and Routledge. <Just kidding! I
appreciate what it costs a publisher to put into print a work, especially
one that's hardbound, that's going to sell maybe a thousand copies.>

-Wilson

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-Wilson Gray