long pole in the tent

[Shapiro, Fred]

I don't want to discourage anyone from writing in, but the practice of the Times has long been to only rarely publish corrections to the "On Language" column.

Fred Shapiro



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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Joel S. Berson [Berson at ATT.NET]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 12:22 PM
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Subject: Re: long pole in the tent

At 1/7/2008 11:54 AM, Joan H. Hall wrote:
>I also cautioned the researcher that the 1947 quote wasn't verified.

Joan and Jesse, would a letter to the editor of the Sunday Magazine,
from one or both of you, be useful?

Joel

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