December 2002 Archives by thread
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- Pinto Beans (1908)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- wash cloth to worsh rag
Mark A Mandel
- Girl Scout Cookies (1932)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- I'm From Missouri (2 May 1897); Hoggie (19 March 1944)
James A. Landau
- "Smart Alec" in NY TIMES ignores Cohen; Newish Jewish
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Journalist's Query: "Like"
Grant Barrett
- LA Times story about infiltration of English words in the Japanese language
Patty Davies
- Origin of Word "Underdog"
Fred Shapiro
- "Smart Alec" in NY TIMES ignores Cohen
Gerald Cohen
- Smart Aleck (1730?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Lebkuchen (1856?, 1859)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fwd: %"Underdog" Song (Quotation Query #235)
Barnhart
- Pretzels & Armored Cow, Battery Acid, Dog Food, Jelly Doughnut (food slang)
Jesse Sheidlower
- Fish or Cut Bait (1868)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Baking Soda, Cooking Soda, Baking Powder
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Jay Walk (1911, 1916); Snake Oil (1911)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sound Bite (1973); Smithfield Ham (1888); Liberty Cabbage (1918)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dutch oven
Ed Keer
- Break a leg
Michael Quinion
- When the going gets tough, the tough get going (1961)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- trunk vs boot
Erin Conley
- Query on vowel mergers
Laurence Horn
- Last in the American League (1904); Bullpen (1913)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Ducks in a Row (1932); Bees Knees
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Black Friday
Baker, John
- Mull (1963); Wedge (1959)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- FWD query on SW dialect
sagehen
- Black Friday; Wedge (1958)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Teaching American English
Rudolph C Troike
- Yanigan, Lalapaloosa (1904); TAD myth (April 1930)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Yanigan (baseball term)
Gerald Cohen
- Fwd: Re: [19cBB] Re: Yanigan (baseball term)
Gerald Cohen
- spring training
George Thompson
- another dialect-related student query
Laurence Horn
- Obsolete term: touch typing
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Falaqa & Shabah (Iraqi tortures)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Surgical Strike (1968); Martini Lunch (1959); Ballpark Figure (1964)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- FW: FW: Obsolete term: touch typing
Frank Abate
- Spring Training (1896); Hidden Ball Trick (1896);Holy Cow! (1923);Slud (1948)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Falaqa
James Smith
- "Derivation" Board Game
Kathleen E. Miller
- Which and Falaqa
Dennis R. Preston
- Linguistic Study at LDC
David Miller
- break a leg, again
Peter Richardson
- Pen-pen merger
Rudolph C Troike
- Query: Origin of "How come?"
Gerald Cohen
- "dialing" (was Re: Obsolete term: touch typing)
Mark A Mandel
- Teaching With a Kentucky Accent
Stephani Hardin
- Brooklyn Eagle online (not until October 2003)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Yanigans--two more items from 19cBB discussion group
Gerald Cohen
- Santa Claus Rally (1969 or 1976); Black Friday (1975)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Jalapeno Poppers (1992); Hairs of Angels (1912)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Two famous sport-related quotations
Steve Cornelius
- FW: Teaching With a Kentucky Accent
Frank Abate
- "Yanigans" -- another message from 19cBB discussion group
Gerald Cohen
- Goethe (was: Which and Falaqa)
Peter A. McGraw
- Which & Falaqa w/a Kentucky accent
sagehen
- "Windy City" and today's snowstorm
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bougie/Bourgie
Wendalyn Nichols
- Those ones
Ed Keer
- Lebkuchen (1850)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- More specifics on "Baseball been berry berry good to me"
Laurence Horn
- language variation in the mainstream press
Laurence Horn
- Yanigan (1895)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Not for nothing..." new meaning?
positive pcr
- icebox lives on
AAllan at AOL.COM
- judgment/judgement (Again)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- ADS-L Digest - 4 Dec 2002 to 5 Dec 2002 (#2002-314)
Dan Goodman
- ILA call for papers
Barnhart
- Eastern Kentucky accent and UK accents
Frank Abate
- Walesa (was Goethe (and was: Which and Falaqa))
Dennis R. Preston
- BALLIOL (was: Goethe, was: Which and Falaqa)
THOMAS M. PAIKEDAY
- Stella Liebeck & McDonalds Coffee (fwd)
Fred Shapiro
- More on Stella Liebeck & McDonalds Coffee (fwd)
Fred Shapiro
- Frog in a hailstorm
Michael Quinion
- blacktop/macadam
Peter Richardson
- Gene McCarthy on Jimmy Carter (was: Teaching with a Kentucky Accent)
Dan Goodman
- Research on second dialect acquisition
Karl Krahnke
- DARE articles; Philpy; Beggar's Purse (1984)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Jalapeno (1924)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Barry Popik spots Yanigan in 1895, 1896
Gerald Cohen
- Research fees at Western Historical Manuscript Collection
Gerald Cohen
- Bigfoot (August 1958)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Posole or Pozole
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Pozole (1909)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Pad Thai (1975)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Friendly Skies (1933, 1965); Thrill/Victory (1875); Agony/Defeat (1864)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nam Pla (Thai sauce, 1977)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Snuzzle -- is Google reliable?
Rudolph C Troike
- Sake (1682)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Not-quite-homophonic errors
Paul McFedries
- Possible antedating for "you all"
James A. Landau
- "Mispronouncing" names
Millie Webb
- mentor/mentee
Peter Richardson
- Evans Digital Edition
AAllan at AOL.COM
- react (n)
Gordon, Matthew J.
- Kolache (1896)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Candy Cane (1865)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Two-gallon hat (1921)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Ten-gallon hat (1920)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Windy City" is wrong on NBC's TODAY show
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nam-pla (1963)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Snuzzle -- familiar?
Rudolph C Troike
- Nam pla (1955)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Australian cuisine
Jonathon Green
- Presidential scholars
Dennis R. Preston
- Nam pla, prik ki nu
Laurence Horn
- Searching Old English Cases
Fred Shapiro
- "Windy City" and Whacker Drive
Peter Richardson
- roads recently oiled
David Bergdahl
- Re: Re: Kolache (1896)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- English spelling origin (OT?)
Dave Hause
- is Google reliable?
Frank Abate
- Blue laws
Michael Quinion
- Kolache (1896), but reverting to Kohlrabi
Dennis R. Preston
- OT: Louisiana Christmas
James A. Landau
- Exposure to language
deidra bowling
- Fwd: Linguists' Federation
Grant Barrett
- Max Hunter Folk Song Collection
Kathleen E. Miller
- Gado Gado (1969)
Barnhart
- Thai Food (1970, 1971, 1978); Maltese Sauce (1959); Gado Gado (1969)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- All-Candy Diet
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nam Prik (1897. 1898); LA TIMES online in NYPL
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Gado Gado (1963) and Mee Krob (1973)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- FW: is Google reliable?
Frank Abate
- new word
Peter Richardson
- Six and ten
Jan Ivarsson TransEdit
- Not-quite homographs
sagehen
- Off List Request
DAK
- Rattlebox -OT
Kathleen E. Miller
- Rattlebox
Baker, John
- Fwd(2): NYU meeting of ILA 12/14
Barnhart
- Soldier Field Was Re: Six and ten
Barbara Need
- Jobs in Lit and Languages Down 20 Percent
Grant Barrett
- OED's latest update
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Going Postal & Going Coastal, Dream Team in OED
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fwd: Word of the Year for Elementary Students
Grant Barrett
- Barry Popik in Safire Column
Fred Shapiro
- Word of the Year for Elementary Students
AAllan at AOL.COM
- New (to me) folk etymology: type-o
Laurence Horn
- Please Remove me from the Listserv
Casey :-)
- Going Postal (Feb. 1993 WIRED?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Exposure to language --> "dish"
Rudolph C Troike
- First English citation of "autism" (August 1912)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Tomorrow's Safire "On Language" column
Laurence Horn
- Namphrik and Ngapee (1874)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Western Sandwich (1924); Singapore Sling (1930); Veal Oscar, Orloff
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Daddy Rock Me (1919); Convection Oven (1946) Brandy; Jalapeno
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Query: Why the plural in Spanish "Buenas dias," etc.? (OT)
Gerald Cohen
- Satee/Satay (1904, 1920); Oyster Crackers (1857)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Safire comma
Peter Richardson
- Earlier Example of "G.O.P."
Fred Shapiro
- Oyster Crackers (1857)
Frank Abate
- lexical vs. lexicographical
Frank Abate
- Using the BNC
Jonathon Green
- Flavor of the Month (1937)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Cole Porter
Steve Kl.
- MLA cocktails invite (28 Dec.)
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Winning isn't everything" (1954 WASHINGTON POST)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- First English citation of "autism" (August 1912) - caution, long response ahead!
Millie Webb
- YMCA Bangkok, Thailand COOK BOOK (1963)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Flavor of the Month (1937) - Jalapena
Jan Ivarsson TransEdit
- minnow's dick
Dennis R. Preston
- Windy City (Jan. 16, 1883, CINCINNATI ENQUIRER)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- FW: arch from Rome
Baker, John
- up a stump/calculate
Barbara Need
- "A Sucker Born Every Day" (Feb. 5, 1883)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Lebkuchen
James A. Landau
- Refrigerator
James A. Landau
- /ei/ ~ /i:/ in "Kean"
Mark A Mandel
- Remove from list please
bobbie stacy
- (Fwd) Re: Word coinages in SF: threat or menace?
Dan Goodman
- FW: Using the BNC
Frank Abate
- The ANC (was: Using the BNC)
Wendalyn Nichols
- Ngapi/Gnapee & Balachong (1830)(or 1825?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Escargot and Bordelaise Sauce (1883); Kalbi (1966)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fwd: standard passage
Grant Barrett
- Gnapee/Ngapi (1800); Mohinga (1963)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- FW: The ANC (was: Using the BNC)
Frank Abate
- [DSNA] The Web as a Corpus
James Kossuth
- The Web as a corpus
James A. Landau
- Derivation of the word oaktag
Gerry Hurley
- WOTY: "All These Problems"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dogcatcher elections (1906); Fired With Enthusiasm (1932?); Chile con carne
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Derivation of the word oaktag (1922?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bumpy Stew (1938); Pozole (1934); Bint El Sahn (1932)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- WOTY Weapons; My Heart Is in My Hand or Mouth
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- End of year request..
James A. Landau
- WOTY
James A. Landau
- WOTY suggestion
Gerry Hurley
- Bumpy Stew (1938)
Kathleen E. Miller
- WOTY considerations
Paul McFedries
- WOTY Weapons
Dave Wilton
- Triction (Truth or Fiction?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- My vote for Word of the Year: Blogging
positive pcr
- standard passage
Michael Montgomery
- Fourth-Quarter Surprise
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- WOTY Nomination: Smokemouth
Rudolph C Troike
- Inchoate
Rudolph C Troike
- Subject Tag Test
Terry Irons
- new try
Terry Irons
- Another test
Terry Lynn Irons
- biscotti
Beth Simon
- Buck and a quarter/buck and a half
James A. Landau
- Venus, King Kong, Porter, Berlin
Laurence Horn
- another WOTY candidate: "walking piñata"
Laurence Horn
- OT from Oaktag
Millie Webb
- Bumpy Stew
Dave Hause
- ADS-L Digest - 20 Dec 2002 to 21 Dec 2002 (#2002-330)
Dan Goodman
- Three Wise Men With Fire Hats
James Smith
- American Speech electronic version
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Fwd: Kenya greetings
Jesse Sheidlower
- Palatalization
Peter Richardson
- Fwd: origin of word picnic
Grant Barrett
- It's Jon, not John
Bethany K. Dumas
- Gender-neutrality of "-person" forms
Jesse Sheidlower
- Chile con carne
Laurence Horn
- Dumb clock defence
Jan Ivarsson TransEdit
- know from
Fritz Juengling
- Judaica antedatings
James A. Landau
- oops
Laurence Horn
- Neology contests
Paul McFedries
- know from/Texas
Fritz Juengling
- FWD: inquiry
Terry Irons
- Is the old trick the source, or does life imitate language?
Dennis R. Preston
- Balloonatics, Wuzabeasts and more from Kenya
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- WOTY Nomination: Captcha
Grant Barrett
- Commoditized?
Kim & Rima McKinzey
- WASP
Sam Clements
- Probably not WOTY, but that's too bad
Duane Campbell
- Point Five and more
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- ....the lion
Barnhart
- "pretexting"
Erin McKean
- "far to"...specific spot?
sagehen
- Exploring Language
Peter Richardson
- Barry Popik letter in FT
Frank Abate
- Fw: FT.com - Comment & analysis - Letters
David Bergdahl
- Fwd: Colonial Williamsburg Speech
Grant Barrett
- The Events
Dave Wilton
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