OED news -- two new books about English

Thu Sep 21 19:04:26 UTC 2006

On Sep 21, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Joel Berson asks:

> Didn't *anyone* like "ate, shot, and left"?

define your reference class.  she's sold huge numbers of copies, so
there's *some* audience for her stuff out there.  not many linguists
in it, i gather, though.

arnold

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