LSSU Word Banishment
John Shibley
jshibley at LSSU.EDU
Fri Dec 12 15:35:59 UTC 2003
Hi Beverly,
The list, at least the timing of its release, derives partial inspiration
from the Queen's New Years Honor List:
http://www.therockalltimes.co.uk/2001/12/31/honours-list.html
Hope this clears up any bad feelings.
Cheers!
John S
At 12:35 PM 12/11/2003, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>Can't somebody please ask Mr. Shibley and his colleagues to drop "the
>Queen's English" from the list title? It's our English too! And it's too
>bad they wanted to banish "my bad"; it's one of my favorite apologies.
>
>Come to think of it, I'll copy this note to Mr. Shibley myself.
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