American Dialect Society Words of the Year Preview

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:05 PM -0500 12/21/05, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>Vibrant. Enthusiastic. Never unruly.
>
Impeccably ruly, that's us.   Rulier than thou.

L

>
>>Isn't it also the only one in which candidates are actually voted on
>>by an unruly meeting of members?
>>
>>Victoria
>>
>>On Wednesday, December 21, 2005 9:26 AM, Grant Barrett wrote:
>>>
>>>  Just a quick note that we're preparing for our 16th annual words of
>>>  the year vote to be held January 6. The American Dialect Society's
>>>  vote is the longest-running and the only one conducted by a non-
>>>  commercial entity.
>>>
>>
>>Victoria Neufeldt
>>727 9th Street East
>>Saskatoon, Sask.
>>S7H 0M6
>>Canada
>>Tel: 306-955-8910
>
>
>--
>Dennis R. Preston
>University Distinguished Professor
>Department of English
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>Michigan State University
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