Nunberg on "curl up with a good book"

[Gordon, Matthew J.]

Nunberg pronounced the first syllable of Barry's name like 'pope'. Is this the vowel the "word sleuth" prefers? I had always said it to myself as "pop" as in the god-given name for carbonated beverages.


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Subject:      Nunberg on "curl up with a good book"

Nice Geoff Nunberg piece on NPR's "Fresh Air" today, ruminating on the
phrase "curl up with a good book".  Geoff credits Barry Popik with finding
the first known citation.

Audio link here: <http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=4208928>.


--Ben Zimmer