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- [hw-] v. [w]
Jonathan Lighter
- Sure don't
Wilson Gray
- Gender and Dolls (was Re: Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?)
Laurence Horn
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Laurence Horn
- George S. Patton's Texas Aggie quote
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Fred Shapiro
- "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- pejorative terms for men and women
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "troll" in "Deck the Halls"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Beertail (beer cocktail)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Give-away of dialect publications
Allan A Metcalf
- "certain" inThe First Noel
Laurence Urdang
- Relative clauses and commas (was: Re: "certain" inThe First Noel)
David Borowitz
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Beverly Flanigan
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Charles Doyle
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Charles Doyle
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Jonathan Lighter
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Tom Zurinskas
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Dennis Preston
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Alice Faber
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Tom Zurinskas
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Michael H Covarrubias
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
James Harbeck
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Dennis Preston
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Dennis Preston
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Charles Doyle
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Jonathan Lighter
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
sagehen
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
Mark Mandel
- A dialect split
Wilson Gray
- [Fwd: text messaging]
Joan H. Hall
- "Awesome Blossom"
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on TV
Wilson Gray
- "lay pit and box together"
Joel S. Berson
- Relative clauses and commas
Karl Hagen
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Chicken Ranch (1972) (a.k.a. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Landau, James
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Dennis R. Preston
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Charles Doyle
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Dennis R. Preston
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Charles Doyle
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Jonathan Lighter
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Dennis Preston
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Charles Doyle
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Dennis Preston
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Dennis Preston
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Charles Doyle
- " Olive, the other reindeer"
Beverly Flanigan
- Pronouncing "Massachusetts"
Jonathan Lighter
- as such = "as a result; therefore"?
Jonathan Lighter
- Mavens' Word of the Day gone?
Evan Morris
- "He may be a _____, but he's our _____"
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- certain
Laurence Urdang
- "Thermopylae had her messenger of defeat, but the Alamo had none"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fwd: commas and restrictive clauses
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "You aren't a real Texan until..." (questionable Texas saying)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- commas and restrictive clauses
Arnold M. Zwicky
- lay me down WAS Re: " Olive, the other reindeer"
James Harbeck
- "Don't shit where you eat" [revisited]
Laurence Horn
- Shirt Changers (New York State regional term?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Yumbo
Jonathan Lighter
- service = "natural source of sustenance or subsistence"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Jimbo"; was: Yumbo
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- lay me ...ooops!
sagehen
- Sea language comes ashore
Jonathan Lighter
- vegansexuals
Jonathan Lighter
- More stones to un-turn
Bill Le May
- Hamburger Sandwich (1902, in Iowa)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Stephen Goranson
- expediential = exponential
Benjamin Zimmer
- OT: New Haven Register "hamburger" article (8-3-2007)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Don't shit where you eat" [revisited] (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Elvises -> Elvi(i)
James Harbeck
- FYI: New York Clipper (not digitized yet; no money for it?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- FYI: ProQuest's Historical Black Newspaper Collection
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- ProQuest's Historical Black Newspaper Collection
Sam Clements
- mandals
Darla Wells
- homophonic slurs
Wilson Gray
- Fwd: Seeking a Polish female that can read and speak English with a Polish Accent
Margaret Lee
- who -> that [Was: Seeking a Polish female that ...]
Joel S. Berson
- Final call for papers: ADS 2008 Chicago
Allan A Metcalf
- Please ignore prior post
Frank Abate
- Re: [ADS-L] Final c all for papers: ADS 2008 Chicago
RonButters at AOL.COM
- lay me down WAS Re: " Olive, the other reindeer" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Link to NY City Council "Bitch & Ho" Resolution
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Laying pit and boxes together"
Joel S. Berson
- O.T.: Is there some trick to subscribing to NewspaperArchive?; Readex; ProQuest
Benjamin Zimmer
- reputably = "reputedly"
Jonathan Lighter
- O.T.: Is there some trick to subscribing to NewspaperArchive?; Readex; Pr...
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- fuckingly
Jonathan Lighter
- "to bitch" [Was: Link to NY City Council "Bitch & Ho" Resolution]
Joel S. Berson
- Heard in a TV ad
Wilson Gray
- MOT (was Re: reputably = "reputedly")
Benjamin Zimmer
- The distinguished German move actor ...
Joel S. Berson
- episodic "never" (was Re: Final call for papers: ADS 2008 Chicago)
Laurence Horn
- Economist Historical Archive 1843-2000
James Knight
- Who'll Get The Last Ho Ho Ho?
Doug Harris
- the 1966 "nine yards" audience listed
Stephen Goranson
- POCO
Steve Kl.
- "Jackass" deemed "inappropriate"
Jonathan Lighter
- The earth v. Earth
Wilson Gray
- trampage (tramp + rampage)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "revulsed" for revolted
sagehen
- the 1966 "nine yards" audience listed (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- The earth v. Earth (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Heard in a TV ad (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Banning bitch and ho: If words are outlawed, only outlaws will have words
Dennis Baron
- Animal plurals [Was: The earth v. Earth]
Joel S. Berson
- Subject Historical Dictionary
Fred Shapiro
- Correction of "Physicist" in OED
Fred Shapiro
- things that are not eggcorns
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality" (1955? 1957?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality" (1955? 1957?) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Loco Foco (Sep. 1835)
Benjamin Zimmer
- funny books--was: things that are not eggcorns
Margaret Lee
- P.E.P.?
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- funny books
Beverly Flanigan
- funny books (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- P.E.P.? VIGOR?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- P.E.P.? Pepsi
Darla Wells
- More surprising censorship
Joel Shaver
- annals of taboo in commerce
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [ADS-L] More surprisi ng censorship
RonButters at AOL.COM
- the cock [was: More surprising censorship]
Joel S. Berson
- "More than one way to skin a cat" revisited
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- more mundane words
Bethany K. Dumas
- Positive anymore caught in the wild
Wilson Gray
- Hot as a ...
neil
- Want I should?
Scot LaFaive
- Hot as a.. Redux
neil
- judo chop
Jonathan Lighter
- "When you want to marry a prince...."
Jonathan Lighter
- Turd Blossoms in Texas?
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dogs [Was: Link to NY City Council "Bitch & Ho" Resolution]
Joel S. Berson
- New F-word Proverb
Jonathan Lighter
- New F-word Proverb: The Acronyms
Jonathan Lighter
- Is P.E.P. from Hungary?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] Is P.E. P. from Hungary?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] Want I should?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Eggcorns and self-promotion
Mark Peters
- Is P.E.P. from Hong Kong?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Been knowin'and Have to (WAS Want I should?)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- due to of
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "abscond with" 'steal'
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Times archive free this week
James Harbeck
- shoot to kill at
James Harbeck
- A new usage?
Wilson Gray
- Pron. of "pathos"
sagehen
- Turd Blossoms in Texas?; Merv Griffin "Oooh!"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "short-sided" (was: Re: More surprising censorship)
Laurence Horn
- "Four Get" at La Grange, TX "chicken ranch"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- true myth
James Harbeck
- "How Cow!" Newspapers get things wrong again!
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- new guidelines for sports interviews
Michael H Covarrubias
- markers (IOUs)
George Thompson
- Jesus [s] or [z] revisited
James Harbeck
- Watching TV delays infant language, but don't touch that dial . . .
Dennis Baron
- /t/ for /d/ for word endings
Tom Zurinskas
- "you pays your money"
Scot LaFaive
- "Never say 'die' -- say 'damn'" (1922 poem)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Watching TV delays infant language, but don't touch that dial . . . (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "out like Flout"
Jonathan Lighter
- Watching TV delays infant language, but don't touch that dial . . . (UNCL...
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Payola (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Three R's (riding, roping, rodeo) in Texas (1938)
Barry Popik
- messed-up postings
Dennis Baron
- Semantic weakening?
Wilson Gray
- Payola (UNCLASSIFIED [I guess!])
Bethany Dumas
- manger = "cradle"
Jonathan Lighter
- Payola (UNCLASSIFIED [I guess!]) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Three R's (riding, roping, rodeo) in Texas (1938) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- SHEL5 Early Registration extended
Bill Kretzschmar
- "You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy"
Barry Popik
- German guards as "goons"
Jonathan Lighter
- Research query: Crowell article
Allan A Metcalf
- "Happiness is . . ."
Charles Doyle
- Sidelight on the Big Apple
sagehen
- "If you can't stand the heat,get out of the kitchen" (1942)
Barry Popik
- Driving While Black
Benjamin Barrett
- Mysteries of Marfa, Texas (1882, from J. Verne--not Dostoyevsky)
Barry A. Popik
- Fuddy-duddy ("1872"); fuddy-duddy (a possible derivation)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Roll up the sidewalks
George Thompson
- Heard on the Judges
Wilson Gray
- Soonest = as soon as
Scot LaFaive
- itch your way
James Harbeck
- Prepone
Douglas G. Wilson
- How Marfa, TX got its name
Your Name
- Mysteries of the city name of "Dallas" (TX)
Barry A. Popik
- "Uber" in pop culture
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- For Checklist: New Gale Digital Resources
Shapiro, Fred
- An epigraph for Fred's fabulous folio?
Joel S. Berson
- linguistics fashionable?
Darla Wells
- Poll shows 1 in 4 Americans read no books last year. But books aren't everything . . .
Dennis Baron
- Oftenly
Michael Quinion
- jargon = "word or phrase in common usage that is disapproved by a special-interest group"
Jonathan Lighter
- "If it moves, salute it."
Jonathan Lighter
- "Spin science"
Dave Hause
- Firstmention.com
Shapiro, Fred
- Poll shows 1 in 4 Americans read no books last year. But books, aren't everything . . .
David Bowie
- mumblecore
Benjamin Zimmer
- Firstmention.com; Texas Proverbs
Barry Popik
- hypercorrection
sagehen
- The McSheehey (Time magazine, 1944)
Barry Popik
- Further Antedating of "Cross-Examination"
Shapiro, Fred
- Non-ASC-II [was: Re: Firstmention.com; Texas Proverbs]
Benjamin Barrett
- Another "nine yards" joke (was Re: Firstmention.com)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- "Never pass up the chance to have sex or be on television" (Gore Vidal?)
Barry Popik
- Close listening for "ex" and "tion"
Tom Zurinskas
- "Um ..." [Was: linguistics fashionable?]
Joel S. Berson
- clinker = "jail"
Jonathan Lighter
- smeet
Benjamin Zimmer
- More hypercorrection
Jonathan Lighter
- Red Light District (1898? From NYC or Texas?)
Barry Popik
- Wicked Wiki
Laurence Urdang
- "Whole Nine Yards" and Occam's Razor, etc.
Shapiro, Fred
- ADS Book & Periodical Giveaway - Last call
Allan A Metcalf
- Glamping
Benjamin Barrett
- Does this make sense?
Wilson Gray
- Put a nickel on the drum, but no pesos please. Salvation Army attacked for policy of all-English, all-the-time
Dennis Baron
- Make a mile
Your Name
- "confuses X for Y"
Laurence Horn
- Won't fixing the problem
Karl Hagen
- Yet more hypercorrection
Jonathan Lighter
- More language change on the fly
Laurence Horn
- Alleged old saying
Jonathan Lighter
- Waterloo quotations in the YBQ
JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
- "Death is nature's way of saying 'howdy'" (1983? anonymous?)
Barry Popik
- Hello, is anyone out there?
Your Name
- the Shandy-Lack theory revisited
George Thompson
- More language change on the fly (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "bureaucratics"
Jonathan Lighter
- disputably = "arguably; very possibly"
Jonathan Lighter
- nom. for acc. (again)
Beverly Flanigan
- copasetic and coralapus: a suggestion
Stephen Goranson
- Red Light District (1898? From NYC or Texas?) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Jimplecute; Jimsecute (1865?)
Barry Popik
- Boys Town or Boy's Town or Boys' Town (Mexican brothels near Texas border)
Barry Popik
- positionality = "social status or position"
Jonathan Lighter
- Worshiping Papi?
Mark Sacks
- some kind of malaprop
Arnold M. Zwicky
- positionality = "social status or position" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Gale's "19th Century U.S. Newspapers", another path to
Joel S. Berson
- Historical Lexicography and Lexicology conference in June 2008
Grant Barrett
- Boys Town or Boy's Town or Boys' Town (Mexican brothels near Texas border) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Shandy-Lack?
sagehen
- Hypercorrections win out?
Wilson Gray
- French for e-mail??
Barnhart
- scoff/scarf
Laurence Urdang
- antedating of hydrant (1803)
Stephen Goranson
- antedating of Orange Pekoe (1829)
Stephen Goranson
- RELENT
RonButters at AOL.COM
- AOL's state fair food quiz
Barry Popik
- Hypercorrections win out? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Believe on me: WTF?
Mark Peters
- A de-eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- hash marks
Robert Wachal
- Further antedating of hydrant (1801)
Joel S. Berson
- Mixed Bathing (East Texas); Mixed Swimming (West Texas)
Barry Popik
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