"just one letter away"

[Jonathan Lighter]

These observations and occurrences encourage a fresh look at the etymologies
of Isador of Seville.

JL
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> At 7:42 AM -0400 9/24/10, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> >  And, from the most recent encounters:
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> >http://bit.ly/cS9l7o
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> >I'll leave it a surprise.
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> >     VS-)
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> A while back a proposal was submitted for a panel session on the
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> Organized Session on Linguistics in the Pubic Arena
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> (and this was for a meeting to be held in Baltimore, famous for its crabs)
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> LH
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