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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
 
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- 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?)
 
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- Lebkuchen (1856?, 1859)
 
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- 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)
 
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- Baking Soda, Cooking Soda, Baking Powder
 
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- Jay Walk (1911, 1916); Snake Oil (1911)
 
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- Sound Bite (1973); Smithfield Ham (1888); Liberty Cabbage (1918)
 
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- Dutch oven
 
Ed Keer
- Break a leg
 
Michael Quinion
- When the going gets tough, the tough get going (1961)
 
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- trunk vs boot
 
Erin Conley
- Query on vowel mergers
 
Laurence Horn
- Last in the American League (1904); Bullpen (1913)
 
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- Ducks in a Row (1932); Bees Knees
 
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- 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)
 
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- 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)
 
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- Surgical Strike (1968); Martini Lunch (1959); Ballpark Figure (1964)
 
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- FW: FW: Obsolete term: touch typing
 
Frank Abate
- Spring Training (1896); Hidden Ball Trick (1896);Holy Cow! (1923);Slud (1948)
 
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- 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)
 
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- Yanigans--two more items from 19cBB discussion group
 
Gerald Cohen
- Santa Claus Rally (1969 or 1976); Black Friday (1975)
 
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- Jalapeno Poppers (1992); Hairs of Angels (1912)
 
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- 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
 
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- 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)
 
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- Jalapeno (1924)
 
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- 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
 
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- Pozole (1909)
 
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- Pad Thai (1975)
 
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- Friendly Skies (1933, 1965); Thrill/Victory (1875); Agony/Defeat (1864)
 
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- Nam Pla (Thai sauce, 1977)
 
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- 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)
 
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- Candy Cane (1865)
 
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- Two-gallon hat (1921)
 
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- 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)
 
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- All-Candy Diet
 
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- Nam Prik (1897. 1898); LA TIMES online in NYPL
 
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Gado Gado (1963) and Mee Krob (1973)
 
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- 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)
 
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- Western Sandwich (1924); Singapore Sling (1930); Veal Oscar, Orloff
 
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- Daddy Rock Me (1919); Convection Oven (1946) Brandy; Jalapeno
 
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- Query: Why the plural in Spanish "Buenas dias," etc.? (OT)
 
Gerald Cohen
- Satee/Satay (1904, 1920); Oyster Crackers (1857)
 
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- 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)
 
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- Cole Porter
 
Steve Kl.
- MLA cocktails invite (28 Dec.)
 
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Winning isn't everything" (1954 WASHINGTON POST)
 
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- First English citation of "autism" (August 1912) - caution, long response ahead!
 
Millie Webb
- YMCA Bangkok, Thailand COOK BOOK (1963)
 
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- 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)
 
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- 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)
 
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- 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"
 
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- 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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