Fred Shapiro and the Serenity Prayer

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Fri Jul 11 11:21:39 UTC 2008


Thanks, Ben.  The Times got some things wrong in the story, but, given the complexity of the material, that was inevitable.

Fred Shapiro


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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Benjamin Zimmer [bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU]
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Subject: Fred Shapiro and the Serenity Prayer

Our own Fred Shapiro recognized for his quote-sleuthing skills...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/us/11prayer.html


--Ben Zimmer

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