[Ads-l] YouTubery: "I guess you never heard of a _wheelbarrel_."

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sat Apr 20 16:12:09 UTC 2019


Don’t harsh my melons.

> On Apr 20, 2019, at 3:05 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> In the recent Notre-Dame thread, didn't somebody suggest breaking out the
> marshmallows?  They should be called marshmelons. It just sounds & feels
> better. Don't be bullied by the pedantic prescriptivists. Let's take a vote.
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