Clements & Popik in N.Y. Times

[Fred Shapiro]

On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Sam Clements wrote:

> Hey!  When Safire's lovely assistant, Kathleen Miller, wrote and asked me
> for a description of myself, I gave her enough info to fill up the whole
> column.  That they decided to call me some whitebread name, er... uh...,
> actually, it fits.
>
> At least Barry is an 'etymologist.'

Hell, I've been called a "phrasedick" and an "etymological hawkshaw" in
the "On Language" column.

Fred Shapiro


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