NYT on Daniel Cassidy

[Wilson Gray]

FWIW, I agree with Cassidy that the source of "galore" is Irish _go
leor_ [g@ l'or], as does the OED On Line. "Even a stopped clock has
the correct time twice a day," to coin a phrase.

-Wilson

On 11/9/07, Grant Barrett <gbarrett at worldnewyork.org> wrote:
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> For what it's worth, I have combined my various criticisms of Daniel
> Cassidy's book into a single blog entry.
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> http://dtww.org/badirish
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> Comments welcomed, as always.
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> Grant Barrett
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