February 2007 Archives by subject
Starting: Thu Feb 1 00:49:31 UTC 2007
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- "-istas"
Charles Doyle
- "... and the horse you rode in on."
Ron 'Hollywood' Parro
- "... I shined her on ..."
Wilson Gray
- "Beclown" (two 2-21-07 articles)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Better to Die on Your Feet"
Fred Shapiro
- "creek don't rise"
Stephen Goranson
- "creek don't rise"
Charles Doyle
- "Creek don't rise" (1958?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Creek don't rise" (1958?)
Sam Clements
- "Creek don't rise" (1958?)
Sam Clements
- "Creeks don't rise" (1901, 1908)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Creeks don't rise" (1901, 1908)
Wilson Gray
- "Creeks don't rise" (1901, 1908)
Laurence Horn
- "curving ambition"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "econo-mist"
Joel S. Berson
- "fact" = proposition, nonfact
Jonathan Lighter
- "fact" = proposition, nonfact
Dave Wilton
- "fact" = proposition, nonfact
Joseph Salmons
- "fact" = proposition, nonfact
Jonathan Lighter
- "fact" = proposition, nonfact
Charles Doyle
- "fact" = proposition, nonfact
Jonathan Lighter
- "Fanny" in US English
Jonathan Lighter
- "Fanny" in US English
Laurence Horn
- "Fanny" in US English
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Fanny" in US English
Jonathan Lighter
- "Fanny" in US English
Jonathan Lighter
- "Fanny" in US English
Charles Doyle
- "Fanny" in US English
Laurence Horn
- "Fanny" in US English
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Fanny" in US English
Laurence Horn
- "Fanny" in US English
Wilson Gray
- "Fanny" in US English
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Fanny" in US English
Jonathan Lighter
- "Fanny" in US English
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Fanny" in US English
Lynne Murphy
- "Fanny" in US English
Joel S. Berson
- "Fanny" in US English
Laurence Horn
- "Fanny" in US English (1922)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Fanny" in US English (1922)
Joel S. Berson
- "fiction"
Jonathan Lighter
- "funkin'"
Jonathan Lighter
- "funkin'"
Scot LaFaive
- "funkin'"
Jonathan Lighter
- "funkin'"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "funkin'"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Gay" in Fort Worth, Texas (1937-1941)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Good-Samaritan discount"
Wilson Gray
- "grieve"
Charles Doyle
- "grieve"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "grieve"
Jonathan Lighter
- "grieve"
Wilson Gray
- "Heavens to Murgatroyd"
Fred Shapiro
- "Heavens to Murgatroyd"
Stephen Goranson
- "Heavens to Murgatroyd"
Wilson Gray
- "If you're not brown, you're not down"; News 8 Austin's Web Sightings
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Fred Shapiro
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Charles Doyle
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Jonathan Lighter
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Amy West
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Laurence Horn
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Jonathan Lighter
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Jonathan Lighter
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Laurence Horn
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Charles Doyle
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Charles Doyle
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Inter Faeces..." Quote
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Judge" show
Wilson Gray
- "Judge" show
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Madder than a peach orchard boar" (Molly Ivins)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Madder than a peach orchard boar" (Molly Ivins)
Jonathan Lighter
- "Madder than a peach orchard boar" (Molly Ivins)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Nipples to the wind" & "Put on your big-girl panties and deal with it"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Nipples to the wind" & "Put on your big-girl panties and deal with it"
Wilson Gray
- "Nipples to the wind" & "Put on your big-girl panties anddeal with it"
FRITZ JUENGLING
- "Nipples to the wind" & "Put on your big-girl panties anddeal with it"
Wilson Gray
- "Nipples to the wind" & "Put on your big-girl panties and deal with it"
Margaret Lee
- "Nipples to the wind" & "Put on your big-girl panties and deal with it"
Wilson Gray
- "Not so much" and Mad About You (1992-1999)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Orgiasm": another candidate ancestor of "jasm"/"jism"
Douglas G. Wilson
- "phthonic," "phthonos"
Jonathan Lighter
- "phthonic," "phthonos"
barbara hawkins
- "Poontang" redux
Wilson Gray
- "Red Velvet Cake" (1959) revisited
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "show ankle" query
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "show ankle" query
Douglas G. Wilson
- "show ankle" query
sagehen
- "show ankle" query
Amy West
- "show ankle" query
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "show ankle" query
Amy West
- "Small things done with great love" (Mother Teresa)(1990?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "special" = (of occurrences, gestures, etc.) emotionally or sentimentally moving; tenderly affecting.
Jonathan Lighter
- "special" = (of occurrences, gestures, etc.) emotionally or sentimentally moving; tenderly affecting.
Charles Doyle
- "Stallion": minor correction of Spears
Wilson Gray
- "Stallion": minor correction of Spears
Scot LaFaive
- "Stallion": minor correction of Spears
Wilson Gray
- "Stallion": minor correction of Spears
Scot LaFaive
- "Stallion": minor correction of Spears
AOK
- "Stallion": minor correction of Spears
Wilson Gray
- "Sufficive to say"
Rowan McMullin
- "Take Me to Your Leader"
Fred Shapiro
- "Take Me to Your Leader"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Take Me to Your Leader"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Take Me to Your Leader"
Joel S. Berson
- "Take Me to Your Leader"
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Take Me to Your Leader"
Fred Shapiro
- "Take Me to Your Leader"
Joel S. Berson
- "Take Me to Your Leader"
Mark A. Mandel
- "Take Me to Your Leader"
Mark A. Mandel
- "the brunt of so many jokes"
Charles Doyle
- "the brunt of so many jokes"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "the brunt of so many jokes"
Baker, John
- "the brunt of so many jokes"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "the brunt of so many jokes"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "the brunt of so many jokes"
Laurence Horn
- "The Horse You Rode In On"
Fred Shapiro
- "The Horse You Rode In On"
Jesse Sheidlower
- "The Horse You Rode In On"
Scot LaFaive
- "The Horse You Rode In On"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "The Horse You Rode In On"
Mark A. Mandel
- "The Horse You Rode In On"
Jonathan Lighter
- "The Horse You Rode In On"
Scot LaFaive
- "The Horse You Rode In On"
Mark A. Mandel
- "The sun has riz, the sun has set, and here we is in Texas yet" (1933)
Mark A. Mandel
- "The sun has riz, the sun has set, and here we is in Texas yet" (1933)
Laurence Horn
- "The sun has riz, the sun has set, and here we is in Texas yet" (1933)
Charles Doyle
- "The sun has riz, the sun has set, and here we is in Texas yet" (1933)
Laurence Horn
- "The sun has riz, the sun has set, and here we is in Texas yet" (1933)
Charles Doyle
- "valorial" = evaluative
Jonathan Lighter
- "valorial" = evaluative
Wilson Gray
- "viable" = possibly true; conceivable
Jonathan Lighter
- "viable" = possibly true; conceivable
Charles Doyle
- "Village Idiot" (1907?) and "Texas Village Idiot" (1997?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Village Idiot" (1907?) and "Texas Village Idiot" (1997?)
Fred Shapiro
- "Village Idiot" (1907?) and "Texas Village Idiot" (1997?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Village Idiot" (1907?) and "Texas Village Idiot" (1997?)
Scot LaFaive
- "we do not see the world as it is..."
Fred Shapiro
- "Willie Nelson, 'garlic soup' of entertainers will do fundraiser"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Willie Nelson, 'garlic soup' of entertainers will do fundraiser"
Laurence Horn
- "wrench through . . ."
Charles Doyle
- (Adj) City
Cole Paulson
- (Adj) City
Dennis R. Preston
- (Adj) City
Arnold M. Zwicky
- (Adj) City
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- (Adj) City
Jesse Sheidlower
- (Adj) City
Arnold M. Zwicky
- (Adj) City
Arnold M. Zwicky
- (Adj) City
Jesse Sheidlower
- (Adj) City
Arnold M. Zwicky
- (Adj) City
Wilson Gray
- /hw-/ > /w-/
Charles Doyle
- /hw-/ > /w-/
Michael H Covarrubias
- /hw-/ > /w-/
Tom Zurinskas
- /hw-/ > /w-/
Bethany K. Dumas
- /hw-/ > /w-/
Laurence Horn
- 19th-century "y'all" again
Benjamin Zimmer
- 19th-century "y'all" again
Benjamin Zimmer
- Re: [ADS-L] It take s more than a language to unify a nation
RonButters at AOL.COM
- AAP Award
Fred Shapiro
- AAP Award
Jesse Sheidlower
- A day late (re Cartoon Network's Boston "prank")
Joel S. Berson
- ADS-L Digest - 1 Feb 2007 to 2 Feb 2007 (#2007-34)
James A. Landau
- ADS-L Digest - 1 Feb 2007 to 2 Feb 2007 (#2007-34)
Laurence Horn
- Another Antedating of "Industrial Revolution"
Fred Shapiro
- Another Antedating of "Unemployment"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Americanist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Been There, Done That"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Been There, Done That"
Charles Doyle
- Antedating of "Libber"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Muscular Christianity"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Shiver Me Timbers"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Snail Mail"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Vegetarianism"
Fred Shapiro
- anthro(po)cene
Benjamin Zimmer
- anthro(po)cene
Wilson Gray
- anthro(po)cene
Benjamin Zimmer
- A quote from Molly
sagehen
- A triviality
Wilson Gray
- A triviality
Mark A. Mandel
- A triviality
Wilson Gray
- A triviality
Brenda Lester
- Austintatious (Austin-tatious) (1970s?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Austintatious (Austin-tatious) (1970s?)
Charles Doyle
- Austintatious (Austin-tatious) (1970s?)
Susan Burt
- Austintatious (Austin-tatious) (1970s?)
Tom Zurinskas
- Barchelle
Benjamin Zimmer
- Barry in The New Haven Register
Alice Faber
- Barry in The New Haven Register
Laurence Horn
- Barry in The New Haven Register
Fred Shapiro
- Barry in The New Haven Register
Alice Faber
- Barry in The New Haven Register
Grant Barrett
- Blipster (black hipster)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Blipster (black hipster)
Wilson Gray
- Boy, Hidy (Boy, Howdy) (1918--WWI slang?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Boy, Hidy (Boy, Howdy) (1918--WWI slang?)
Jonathan Lighter
- Boy, Hidy (Boy, Howdy) (1918--WWI slang?)
Wilson Gray
- British "geezer" = American "gangster"?
Joel S. Berson
- British "geezer" = American "gangster"?
Jonathon Green
- British "geezer" = American "gangster"?
Benjamin Zimmer
- British "geezer" = American "gangster"?
Lynne Murphy
- British "geezer" = American "gangster"?
Joel S. Berson
- British "geezer" = American "gangster"?
Joel S. Berson
- British "geezer" = American "gangster"?
Jonathon Green
- BURR-Y is not 'non-standard' (was Eggcorn?)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- BURR-Y is not 'non-standard' (was Eggcorn?)
Laurence Horn
- BURR-Y is not 'non-standard' (was Eggcorn?)
Wilson Gray
- BURR-Y is not 'non-standard' (was Eggcorn?)
Charles Doyle
- BURR-Y is not 'non-standard' (was Eggcorn?)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- BURR-Y is not 'non-standard' (was Eggcorn?)
Alice Faber
- BURR-Y is not 'non-standard' (was Eggcorn?)
sagehen
- BURR-Y is not 'non-standard' (was Eggcorn?)
Paul Johnston
- BURR-Y is not 'non-standard' (was Eggcorn?)
Wilson Gray
- BURR-Y is not 'non-standard' (was Eggcorn?)
Ed Keer
- BURR-Y is not 'non-standard' (yes it is!)
Seán Fitzpatrick
- Call for papers: MLA 2007 Lexicography Discussion Group
Martin, Katherine
- Can you say...?
Scot LaFaive
- Can you say...?
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Can you say...?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Can you say...?
Jonathan Lighter
- Catch and kill ... adjectives?
Joel S. Berson
- celebrity candidate
Dennis Baron
- celebrity candidate
Charles Doyle
- celebrity candidate
Dave Wilton
- celebrity candidate
Grant Barrett
- civilian
David Bergdahl
- civilian
Arnold M. Zwicky
- civilian
Mircea Sauciuc
- civilian
Michael Quinion
- civilian
Baker, John
- civilian
Chris F Waigl
- civilian
Jim Parish
- civilian
Chris F Waigl
- civilian
Wilson Gray
- Civilian again
Geoff Nathan
- clutch
Chris F Waigl
- clutch (was: Decoding in XXI Cent)
Mark A. Mandel
- clutch (was: Decoding in XXI Cent)
Tom Zurinskas
- coincidentally = ironically = also
Charles Doyle
- coincidentally = ironically = also
Jonathan Lighter
- coincidentally = ironically = also
Charles Doyle
- coincidentally = ironically = also
Benjamin Zimmer
- coincidentally = ironically = also
Charles Doyle
- coincidentally = ironically = also
Jonathan Lighter
- coincidentally = ironically = also
Jonathan Lighter
- coincidentally = ironically = also
Wilson Gray
- coincidentally = ironically = also
Laurence Horn
- coincidentally = ironically = also
James A. Landau
- coincidentally = ironically = also
Benjamin Zimmer
- coincidentally = ironically = also + "fiction"
Jonathan Lighter
- coincidentally = ironically = also + "fiction"
Jonathan Lighter
- Confusing headline!
Barbara Need
- consonant-level (B-list, C-list, etc.)
Benjamin Zimmer
- contractions (was "creek don't rise")
Seán Fitzpatrick
- cool
James A. Landau
- cool
Benjamin Zimmer
- Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Geoffrey S. Nathan
- Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Dennis R. Preston
- Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Charles Doyle
- Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Benjamin Zimmer
- Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Amy West
- Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Amy West
- Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Tom Zurinskas
- Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Amy West
- Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Benjamin Zimmer
- Correction of "Hoosier" First Use in OED
Fred Shapiro
- Decoding in XXI Cent
sagehen
- Decoding in XXI Cent
Chris F Waigl
- Decoding in XXI Cent
sagehen
- destinator...
Jonathan Lighter
- destinator redux; destinatee indux
Jonathan Lighter
- destinator redux; destinatee indux
Joel S. Berson
- destinator redux; destinatee indux
Jonathan Lighter
- destinator redux; destinatee indux
Charles Doyle
- destinator redux; destinatee indux
Jonathan Lighter
- diamond geezers
Jonathon Green
- diamond geezers
Joel S. Berson
- diamond geezers
Jonathon Green
- Doughnut Hole (or, when will William Safire retire?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Doughnut Hole (or, when will William Safire retire?)
Fred Shapiro
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- Eggcorn?
Joel S. Berson
- Eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- Fw: English Lesson
Robert Fitzke
- Esquimaux in NYCity; was Munchausen
George Thompson
- fame-iness
Benjamin Zimmer
- fame-iness
Michael Quinion
- French the most legal language, say the French
Dennis Baron
- French the most legal language, say the French
Joel S. Berson
- French the most legal language, say the French
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Friendswood, Texas, may soon give residents the right to speak to town employees in English
Dennis Baron
- Further Antedating of "Free World"
Fred Shapiro
- Further note on "gizmo" and one on "God box"
Jonathan Lighter
- FW: a word/
hpst at earthlink.net
- FW: a word/
Laurence Horn
- FW: a word/
Benjamin Barrett
- FW: a word/
Orion Montoya
- FW: a word/
Laurence Horn
- FW: a word/
Charles Doyle
- FW: a word/
sagehen
- FW: a word/
Orion Montoya
- FW: a word/
Laurence Horn
- Fw: English Lesson
Jonathan Lighter
- Fw: English Lesson
Wilson Gray
- Fw: English Lesson
Robert Fitzke
- FW: katzenjammer: M-W's Word of the Day
James A. Landau
- FW: katzenjammer: M-W's Word of the Day
sagehen
- FW: katzenjammer: M-W's Word of the Day
Wilson Gray
- Fwd: "The sun has riz, the sun has set, and here we is in Texas yet" (1933)
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: another one, but...
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: Winnipeg Free Press article: Portmanteaux
Laurence Horn
- FW they're W
Wilson Gray
- FW they're W
Baker, John
- FW they're W
Wilson Gray
- FYI: Google to digitize 1 million Princeton books
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- geezer
Lynne Murphy
- German-English Bilingual Dictionaries
Fred Shapiro
- German-English Bilingual Dictionaries
Wilson Gray
- German-English Bilingual Dictionaries
Douglas G. Wilson
- German-English Bilingual Dictionaries
Amy West
- German-English Bilingual Dictionaries
Wilson Gray
- Given names--male vs. female (#2007-34)
Charles Doyle
- Good looking out
Benjamin Zimmer
- Good looking out
Wilson Gray
- Guys named "Buzz"
Jonathan Lighter
- Guys named "Buzz"
Jim Parish
- Guys named "Buzz"
Jonathan Lighter
- Guys named "Buzz"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Guys named "Buzz"
Jonathan Lighter
- Guys named "Buzz"
Wilson Gray
- Guys named "Buzz"
Jonathan Lighter
- Guys named "Buzz"
Wilson Gray
- Guys named "Buzz"
Amy West
- Guys named "Buzz"
Jonathan Lighter
- habeas without corpus
James A. Landau
- habeas without corpus
Charles Doyle
- habeas without corpus
Joel S. Berson
- Hamburger buns (1902 again)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Hamburger buns (1902 again)
Jonathan Lighter
- Harvard Lampoon & Google Books project
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Harvard Lampoon & Google Books project
Joel S. Berson
- Harvard Lampoon & Google Books project
Benjamin Zimmer
- Harvard Lampoon & Google Books project
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Help Needed Please
Jamie Landers
- Help Needed Please
Baker, John
- Help Needed Please
Elfi Thudt
- Help Needed Please
Jamie Landers
- Help Needed Please
Benjamin Barrett
- Help Needed Please
Tom Zurinskas
- Help Needed Please
Baker, John
- Help Needed Please
Elfi Thudt
- Help Needed Please
Sallie Lemons
- Help Needed Please
Lynne Murphy
- Help Needed Please
Brenda Lester
- Help Needed Please
Brenda Lester
- Help Needed Please
Amy West
- Help Needed Please
Jamie Landers
- Help Needed Please
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Help Needed Please
Brenda Lester
- Help Needed Please
Tom Zurinskas
- Help Needed Please
Brenda Lester
- Help Needed Please
Brenda Lester
- Help Needed Please
Brenda Lester
- Help Needed Please
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Help Needed Please
Jonathan Lighter
- Help Needed Please
Lynne Murphy
- hippies
FRITZ JUENGLING
- hippies
Wilson Gray
- hippies
Paul Johnson
- hippies
Wilson Gray
- hippies
FRITZ JUENGLING
- hippies
Towse
- hippies
Geoffrey Nunberg
- hippies
Sally Donlon
- hippies
Wilson Gray
- hippies
Douglas G. Wilson
- hippies
Jonathan Lighter
- hippies
Laurence Horn
- History of the verb "ankle"
Benjamin Zimmer
- honcho > honcha
Amy West
- honcho > honcha
Laurence Horn
- honcho > honcha
Charles Doyle
- honcho > honcha
Dennis R. Preston
- honcho > honcha
Amy West
- honcho > honchas
Mark A. Mandel
- honcho > honchas
Laurence Horn
- honcho > honchas
Wilson Gray
- honcho > honchas
Joel S. Berson
- honcho > honchas
Mike Speriosu
- honcho > honchas
Laurence Horn
- honcho > honchas
Douglas G. Wilson
- honcho > honchas
Joel S. Berson
- honcho > honchas
Michael T. Wescoat
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Amy West
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Arnold M. Zwicky
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Hillary Brown
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Wells Darla L
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Arnold M. Zwicky
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Mark Peters
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Wilson Gray
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Sam Clements
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Kevin Birge
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Sam Clements
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Mark A. Mandel
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Alice Faber
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Joel S. Berson
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Lynne Murphy
- hoo-ha as euphemism
Charles Doyle
- illusive = elusive
Jonathan Lighter
- illusive = elusive
Jonathan Lighter
- illusive = elusive
Arnold M. Zwicky
- illusive = elusive
Laurence Horn
- Innocent until proved guilty
James A. Landau
- Innocent until proved guilty
Baker, John
- Innocent until proved guilty
Wilson Gray
- Innocent until proved guilty
Benjamin Barrett
- Innocent until proved guilty
Wilson Gray
- Interesting turn of phrase
Wilson Gray
- in the war against English, we won't be undersold
Dennis Baron
- Intonation Project
Erin Davidson
- Is NewspaperArchive Down?; French Fried Onion Rings
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Is NewspaperArchive Down?; French Fried Onion Rings
Sam Clements
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Dennis Baron
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Joel S. Berson
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Wilson Gray
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Joel S. Berson
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Dave Wilton
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
sagehen
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Judith Marie
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Joel S. Berson
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Jonathan Lighter
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Arnold M. Zwicky
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Bethany K. Dumas
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Tom Zurinskas
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Joel S. Berson
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Laurence Horn
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Bethany K. Dumas
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Dennis Baron
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Dave Wilton
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
James A. Landau
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Chris F Waigl
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Joel S. Berson
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Dennis Baron
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Paul Johnston
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Benjamin Barrett
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Laurence Horn
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Lynne Murphy
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Dennis Baron
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Gordon, Matthew J.
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Salikoko S. Mufwene
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Susan Burt
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Benjamin Barrett
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Dave Wilton
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Joel S. Berson
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Salikoko S. Mufwene
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Joel S. Berson
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
David Bowie
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Alice Faber
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Mark A. Mandel
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Jonathan Lighter
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Joel S. Berson
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Fred Shapiro
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Alice Faber
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Jonathan Lighter
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Joel S. Berson
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Wilson Gray
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Stefan Dollinger
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Jonathan Lighter
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
James A. Landau
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
David Bergdahl
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Michael Quinion
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Chris F Waigl
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
David Bowie
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Dave Wilton
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Stefan Dollinger
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Lynne Murphy
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Joel S. Berson
- It takes more than a language to unify a nation
Benjamin Barrett
- Jasm vs. Jism
Douglas G. Wilson
- Joe Bidens Obama moment, or, I love it when you talk white to me
Brenda Lester
- Joe Bidens Obama moment...
William Salmon
- Joe Bidens Obama moment...
Laurence Horn
- Joe Bidens Obama moment...
sagehen
- Joe Biden ’s Obama moment, or, I love it when you talk white to me
Dennis Baron
- left, left, left etc.
carole crompton
- left, left, left my wife etc.
Geoff Nathan
- liberated
James A. Landau
- liberated
Laurence Horn
- liberated
Fred Shapiro
- Liquid Rain
Barbara Need
- Liquid Rain
Wilson Gray
- Liquid Rain
Matthew Gordon
- Liquid Rain
Jonathan Lighter
- Liquid Rain
Jonathan Lighter
- Liquid Rain
Joel S. Berson
- Liquid Rain
Wilson Gray
- Liquid Rain
Jonathan Lighter
- Loan proverbs
Charles Doyle
- Loan proverbs
Laurence Horn
- Loan proverbs
Baker, John
- Loan proverbs
JAMES H COPELAND
- Loan proverbs
Charles Doyle
- Loan proverbs
Wilson Gray
- Loan proverbs
sagehen
- Loan proverbs
Mark A. Mandel
- Loan proverbs
Charles Doyle
- Loan proverbs
Chris F Waigl
- Loan proverbs
Laurence Horn
- Loan proverbs
Wilson Gray
- Loan proverbs ("Che sera sera")
Charles Doyle
- Loan proverbs ("Che sera sera")
Wilson Gray
- Modern Meaning of "Gory" Not in OED
Fred Shapiro
- Modern Meaning of "Gory" Not in OED
Fred Shapiro
- Molly Ivins quotes
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Molly Ivins quotes
Baker, John
- Molly Ivins quotes
Laurence Horn
- Molly Ivins quotes
Michael Israel
- Molly Ivins quotes
Sam Clements
- Molly Ivins quotes
Joel S. Berson
- Molly Ivins quotes
Benjamin Zimmer
- Molly Ivins quotes
David Bowie
- Molly Ivins quotes
Fred Shapiro
- Molly Ivins quotes
Fred Shapiro
- Molly Ivins quotes
Gerald Cohen
- Molly Ivins quotes
Peter Farruggio
- Molly Ivins quotes
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Molly Ivins quotes
Benjamin Zimmer
- Molly Ivins quotes
Barbara Need
- Molly Ivins quotes
Benjamin Zimmer
- Molly Ivins quotes
Paul Johnston
- Molly Ivins quotes
Wilson Gray
- Molly Ivins quotes & "Politician will lay down your life for his country"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Munchausen
James A. Landau
- Munchausen
Chris F Waigl
- Munchausen
Baker, John
- Murphy's Law (1957)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- need address
Bethany K. Dumas
- NewspaperArchive & "Windy City" (1860, from La Crosse, WI?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- New Yorker
James A. Landau
- New Yorker
Alice Faber
- New Yorker
James A. Landau
- New Yorker
Benjamin Zimmer
- New Yorker
Alice Faber
- New Yorker
Sam Clements
- New Yorker
Laurence Horn
- New Yorker
Fred Shapiro
- New Yorker
sagehen
- New Yorker
Joanne M. Despres
- New Yorker Review of Yale Book of Quotations
Fred Shapiro
- New Yorker Review of Yale Book of Quotations
Jesse Sheidlower
- NY Times: "In Bid to Ban Racial Slur, Blacks Are on Both Sides"
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- NY Times: "In Bid to Ban Racial Slur, Blacks Are on Both Sides"
Wilson Gray
- on the alphabetical principle
Tom Zurinskas
- on the alphabetical principle
Benjamin Barrett
- Ooops, sorry, Re: honcho > honcha
Amy West
- OT: Attempting to save a high-school French program
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- OT: Attempting to save a high-school French program
FRITZ JUENGLING
- OT: Attempting to save a high-school French program
Amy West
- OT: Capt. Billopp & Staten Island
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- OT: dual staircases and ankle-showing
Amy West
- OT: RE: Re: Wheel and deal
Baker, John
- OT: Terror at University of Missouri-Rolla
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- OT: Terror at University of Missouri-Rolla
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- OT re "fact" = proposition, nonfact
Joel S. Berson
- OT re "fact" = proposition, nonfact
Laurence Horn
- OT re "fact" = proposition, nonfact
Amy West
- OT re "fact" = proposition, nonfact
Jonathan Lighter
- Out of office reply
Stefan Dollinger
- Oyez! Oyez!
RonButters at AOL.COM
- peach -orchard boar
Joan H. Hall
- Peach-orchard boar (1869, 1877)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Prostitots in Newsweek
Benjamin Zimmer
- Queries about "Up and at 'em"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Queries about "Up and at 'em"
Jonathan Lighter
- Queries about "Up and at 'em"
Charles Doyle
- Queries about "Up and at 'em"
Baker, John
- Queries about "Up and at 'em"
Joel S. Berson
- Queries about "Up and at 'em" (open quote/apostrophe)
neil
- recutting/eggcorn "aside note"
Gordon, Matthew J.
- recutting/eggcorn "aside note"
Benjamin Zimmer
- recutting/eggcorn "aside note"
Matthew Gordon
- re left, left, left my wife etc.
Judith Marie
- re left, left, left my wife etc.
Rowan McMullin
- re left, left, left my wife etc.
Dennis R. Preston
- re left, left, left my wife etc.
Charles Doyle
- re left, left, left my wife etc.
Baker, John
- re left, left, left my wife etc.
sagehen
- re left, left, left my wife etc.
Rowyn McDonald
- re left, left, left my wife etc.
Wilson Gray
- re left, left, left my wife etc.
Brenda Lester
- re left, left, left my wife etc.
James A. Landau
- re left, left, left my wife etc.
Seán Fitzpatrick
- re midnight writing, Appalachia.
Judith Marie
- re midnight writing, Appalachia.
Dennis R. Preston
- Search for source of quote: "Always tell the truth..."
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Search for source of quote: "Always tell the truth..."
Towse
- Search for source of quote: "Always tell the truth..."
Stephen Goranson
- Significance of "G"----was: Re: "Creeks don't rise" (1901, 1908)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Sometimes Islands (Lake Travis, Texas + Kodiak Island, Alaska)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Spanish Pledge of Allegiance? Oy vey, can you see, it's deja vu all over again.
Dennis Baron
- Springfield [was: Joe Bidens Obama moment...]
Joel S. Berson
- Springfield [was: Joe Bidens Obama moment...]
Laurence Horn
- Springfield [was: Joe Bidens Obama moment...]
Joel S. Berson
- syntactic blend? or what?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- syntactic blend? or what?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
Leslie Savan
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
Benjamin Zimmer
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
Alice Faber
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
Dave Wilton
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
Charles Doyle
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
David Bergdahl
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
Charles Doyle
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
Alice Faber
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
Amy West
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
Wilson Gray
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
Laurence Horn
- Team Fill-in-the-Blank
Wilson Gray
- Team Fill-in the blank
Amy West
- The return of the mononym
Laurence Horn
- The return of the mononym
Charles Doyle
- The return of the mononym
Laurence Horn
- The return of the mononym
Wilson Gray
- The return of the mononym
Charles Doyle
- The return of the mononym
barbara hawkins
- The return of the mononym
Wilson Gray
- The return of the mononym
Wilson Gray
- The return of the mononym
barbara hawkins
- to swander
Benjamin Barrett
- towing the line, extended
Barbara Need
- towing the line, extended
Dennis R. Preston
- towing the line, extended
Laurence Horn
- TV word queries
Mark Peters
- TV word queries
Wilson Gray
- TV word queries
Sam Clements
- twitch athlete
RonButters at AOL.COM
- twitch athlete
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- twitch athlete
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- twitch athlete
Gordon, Matthew J.
- twitch athlete
RonButters at AOL.COM
- unfortunately located adverb
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Village's missing idiot
Charles Doyle
- Village's missing idiot
Scot LaFaive
- Village's missing idiot
Kevin Birge
- Village's missing idiot
Jonathan Lighter
- Village's missing idiot
Benjamin Zimmer
- village idiot
dwhause at jobe.net
- Village Idiot
James A. Landau
- Village Idiot
Dave Hause
- Wheel and deal
Scot LaFaive
- Wheel and deal
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Wheel and deal
Douglas G. Wilson
- Wheel and deal
Wilson Gray
- Wheel and deal
Fred Shapiro
- Wheel and deal
Wilson Gray
- wheel and deal
James A. Landau
- wheel and deal
Baker, John
- would have been = "was"
Jonathan Lighter
- would have been = "was"
Laurence Horn
- yet another
Bethany K. Dumas
- yet another
Arnold M. Zwicky
- You can save this endangered language for only pennies a day; or you could let it die.
Dennis Baron
- “Lady in the parlor, cook in the kitchen, whore in the bedroom” (Jerry )
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- “The only people who put ketchup o n hot dogs are mental patients and Texans ”
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- “The sun has riz, the sun has se t, and here we is in Texas yet” (1933)
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