Nobel Prize for Archaeological Grammar

[Barnhart]

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> writes:
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>Poster:       Laurence Urdang <urdang at SBCGLOBAL.NET>
>Subject:      Nobel Prize for Archaeological Grammar
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>Heard today on WOR710, 0505, by Shelley Strickler:
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>  I can tolerate anything as a professional linguist; but as a
>professional writer who tries to cleave to an elevated style, I abhor
>such linguistic miscegenations.
>  L. Urdang
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This happens to parent linguists, too.  Tolerance of such "errors" is
understandable in linguistic deliberations.  When raising children
tolerance can quickly evaporate.

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com
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