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- "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
David Gignilliat
 - "wise, holy, just. and good"
 
Baker, John
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - Queen Mary = wire-rack rolling cart; names of TV shows or characters, used as verbs
 
Marc Velasco
 - Queen Mary = wire-rack rolling cart; names of TV shows or characters, used as verbs
 
Laurence Horn
 - "devil his do"!
 
Alison Murie
 - "devil his do"!
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "gerrymander" antedatings (by about 2 months)
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "coach potato" another possible eggcorn?
 
Herb Stahlke
 - "coach potato" another possible eggcorn?
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Wilson Gray
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - "gerrymander" again
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "coach potato" another possible eggcorn?
 
Herb Stahlke
 - A "camera" in 1818?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - ADS-L Digest - 25 Nov 2008 to 26 Nov 2008 (#2008-331)
 
Your Name
 - ADS-L Digest - 29 Nov 2008 to 30 Nov 2008 (#2008-335)
 
Your Name
 - A "camera" in 1818?
 
Chris Waigl
 - A "camera" in 1818?
 
Michael Quinion
 - Preposition deletion
 
Lynne Murphy
 - Preposition deletion
 
Randy Alexander
 - Preposition deletion
 
Chris Waigl
 - Preposition deletion
 
Randy Alexander
 - Queen Mary = wire-rack rolling cart; names of TV shows or characters, used as verbs
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - A "camera" in 1818?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Pass é Comitatus Act
 
Dan Goodman
 - Pass é Comitatus Act
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "don" = to wear; (hence) to bear on the exterior. (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - Friday the 13th and the Templars
 
Mark Mandel
 - "long from" for "far from"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "devil his do"!
 
Mark Mandel
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Mark Mandel
 - "little/few but" (was: "long from" for "far from")
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - ADS-L Digest - 29 Nov 2008 to 30 Nov 2008 (#2008-335)
 
Mark Mandel
 - Queen Mary = wire-rack rolling cart; names of TV shows or characters, used as verbs
 
Mark Mandel
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Charles Doyle
 - Friday the 13th and the Templars
 
Barbara Need
 - Friday the 13th and the Templars
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Ann Burlingham
 - Webster ’s New World College Dictionary announces its word-of-the-year candidates
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Doug Harris
 - Broken News
 
Doug Harris
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Wilson Gray
 - "the listening-to of Christmas music"
 
Your Name
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Mark Mandel
 - Queen Mary = wire-rack rolling cart; names of TV shows or characters, used as verbs
 
Mark Mandel
 - "the listening-to of Christmas music"
 
Wilson Gray
 - A "camera" in 1818?
 
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
 - "coach potato" another possible eggcorn?
 
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
 - Queen Mary = wire-rack rolling cart; names of TV shows or characters, used as verbs
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Laurence Horn
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Wilson Gray
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - Japanese WOTY
 
Douglas G. Wilson
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Katharine The Grate
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Geoffrey Nathan
 - Further Major Antedating of "Linguistic"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Further Antedating of "Photographer"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Antedating of "Conservatism"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Further minor Antedating of "Linguistic" (adj)
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Laurence Horn
 - Antedating of "Conservatism"
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - Antedating of "Conservatism"
 
Stephen Goranson
 - Webster ’s New World College Dictionary announces its word-of-the-year candidates
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "call someone out of their name"
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - Further Antedating of "Photographer" (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - aborigine / aubergine
 
Mark Mandel
 - Significant Antedating for "beaver" and "bearded clam" (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - Antedating of "Cocaine"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Wilson Gray
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Tom Zurinskas
 - Significant Antedating for "beaver" and "bearded clam"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Significant Antedating for "beaver" and "bearded clam"
 
Sam Clements
 - Significant Antedating for "beaver" and "bearded clam"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Significant Antedating for "beaver" and "bearded clam"
 
Sam Clements
 - good morning
 
Paul
 - good morning
 
Paul
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - good morning
 
Mark Mandel
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Antedating of "Cocaine"
 
Stephen Goranson
 - good morning
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - call one out of one's name
 
Joan H. Hall
 - good morning
 
Wilson Gray
 - good morning
 
Wilson Gray
 - trunch
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - Heard on The Judges: an anomalous claim
 
Wilson Gray
 - Significant Antedating for "beaver" and "bearded clam" (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - Significant Antedating for "beaver" and "bearded clam" (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Joel S. Berson
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Wilson Gray
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Marc Velasco
 - Heard on The Judges: "nigger" = person, man
 
Wilson Gray
 - Heard on The Judges: "nigger" = person, man
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Heard on The Judges: an anomalous claim
 
Doug Harris
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Neal Whitman
 - more back-formed shopping
 
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Neal Whitman
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - [PW] Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Ann Burlingham
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - [PW] Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Mark Mandel
 - [PW] Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Baker, John
 - Further minor Antedating of "Linguistic" (adj)
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Wilson Gray
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Heard on tonight's CSI: standard English "Lord" > "Lard"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Robert Berman
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Laurence Horn
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Laurence Horn
 - "Inventative"
 
Wilson Gray
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Wilson Gray
 - ADS-L Digest - 3 Dec 2008 to 4 Dec 2008 (#2008-339)
 
Your Name
 - ADS-L Digest - 2 Dec 2008 to 3 Dec 2008 (#2008-338)
 
Your Name
 - Heard on The Judges: "nigger" = person, man
 
Wilson Gray
 - _discover himself to me_
 
David Metevia
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Geoff Nathan
 - ADS-L Digest - 3 Dec 2008 to 4 Dec 2008 (#2008-339)
 
Joel S. Berson
 - _discover himself to me_
 
Joel S. Berson
 - _discover himself to me_
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Q:  No reflexive sense defined for "discover, v.)?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Wilson Gray
 - Heard on tonight's CSI: standard English "Lord" > "Lard"
 
David Bowie
 - Slang as something other than language
 
Grant Barrett
 - Eggorn? Different cattle of fish
 
Michael Quinion
 - Slang as something other than language
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Ann Burlingham
 - Slang as something other than language
 
Grant Barrett
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - ADS-L Digest - 3 Dec 2008 to 4 Dec 2008 (#2008-339)
 
Mark Mandel
 - bran(d)-new
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - ADS-L Digest - 3 Dec 2008 to 4 Dec 2008 (#2008-339)
 
Laurence Horn
 - bran(d)-new
 
Mark Mandel
 - Slang as something other than language
 
Laurence Horn
 - Eggorn? Different cattle of fish
 
Laurence Horn
 - ADS-L Digest - 3 Dec 2008 to 4 Dec 2008 (#2008-339) (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - bran(d)-new
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Slang as something other than language
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Heard on tonight's CSI: standard English "Lord" > "Lard"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Slang as something other than language
 
Laurence Horn
 - another round on "to X-shop"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - first things first and Palin
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Slang as something other than language
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008 (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - v/l reversal - revelation
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - the danger of slang (courtesy of Sarah Silverman)
 
Laurence Horn
 - the danger of slang (courtesy of Sarah Silverman)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - ADS-L Digest - 3 Dec 2008 to 4 Dec 2008 (#2008-339) (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mark Mandel
 - bran(d)-new
 
Wilson Gray
 - unsubscribe
 
Hifa Al-moamir
 - the danger of slang (courtesy of Sarah Silverman)
 
Dave Wilton
 - newly-wed(s) and nearly-dead(s)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - newly-wed(s) and nearly-dead(s)
 
Joel S. Berson
 - pirates in the Gulf of X
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "last October"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "last October"
 
Doug Harris
 - "last October"
 
Laurence Horn
 - pirates in the Gulf of X
 
Joel S. Berson
 - newly-wed(s) and nearly-dead(s)
 
Sam Clements
 - pirates in the Gulf of X
 
Wilson Gray
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Mark Mandel
 - pirates in the Gulf of X
 
Joel S. Berson
 - v/l reversal - revelation
 
Randy Alexander
 - v/l reversal - revelation
 
Laurence Horn
 - v/l reversal - revelation
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Snowclones
 
Mark Peters
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Wilson Gray
 - v/l reversal - revelation
 
Wilson Gray
 - another for the QOTY archive
 
Laurence Horn
 - B-word broadens further; "knocking" beers
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - ADS-L Digest - 3 Dec 2008 to 4 Dec 2008 (#2008-339) (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - [SPAM:####] "depend NP on X" 'depend on NP for X'
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - ADS-L Digest - 3 Dec 2008 to 4 Dec 2008 (#2008-339) (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Baker, John
 - pirates in the Gulf of X
 
Mark Mandel
 - ADS webpage
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - [SPAM:####] Fwd: "depend NP on X" 'depend on NP for X'
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - ADS webpage
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - ADS webpage
 
Grant Barrett
 - ADS webpage
 
Michael Quinion
 - ADS webpage
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - [SPAM:####] Fwd: "depend NP on X" 'depend on NP for X'
 
Mark Mandel
 - pirates in the Gulf of X
 
Mark Mandel
 - pirates in the Gulf of X
 
Joel S. Berson
 - faced with a problem  mixed with bomb dropping?
 
Michael Covarrubias
 - faced with a problem  mixed with bomb dropping?
 
Matthew Gordon
 - faced with a problem  mixed with bomb dropping?
 
Laurence Horn
 - faced with a problem  mixed with bomb dropping?
 
Doug Harris
 - PREP-Drop: "conceive" v. "conceive of"
 
Wilson Gray
 - ADS-L Digest - 3 Dec 2008 to 4 Dec 2008 (#2008-339) (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Wilson Gray
 - Constitutional issues
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - Constitutional issues
 
Andrea Morrow
 - Constitutional issues
 
Baker, John
 - Failure to fail to apply @-Insertion
 
Wilson Gray
 - four-footed males, females, and children
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Failure to fail to apply @-Insertion
 
Mark Mandel
 - four-footed males, females, and children
 
Mark Mandel
 - PREP-Drop: "conceive" v. "conceive of"
 
Laurence Horn
 - four-footed males, females, and children
 
Laurence Horn
 - Failure to fail to apply @-Insertion
 
Wilson Gray
 - Constitutional issues
 
Wilson Gray
 - "the listening-to of Christmas music"
 
Scott
 - Constitutional issues
 
Baker, John
 - more back-formed shopping
 
Scott
 - Constitutional issues
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 -       [ADS-L] faced with  a problem   mixed with bomb dropping?
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - faced with a problem  mixed with bomb  dropping?
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - "the listening-to of Christmas music"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - four-footed males, females, and children
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "the listening-to of Christmas music"
 
Scott
 - Constitutional issues
 
Wilson Gray
 - ADS-L Digest - 7 Dec 2008 to 8 Dec 2008 (#2008-343)
 
Your Name
 - glide path
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "the listening-to of Christmas music"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - sweat equity (1950)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "conceive (of)"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Fwd: interesting metaphor
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Wednesday 10 December: "Day Without a Gay"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "conceive (of)"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Heard on The Judges: call one out of one's name
 
Wilson Gray
 - "conceive (of)"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - interesting metaphor
 
Marc Velasco
 - "the listening-to of Christmas music"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Fwd: interesting metaphor
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "the listening-to of Christmas music"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - OT: Vocab tester & rice donor
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - Wednesday 10 December: "Day Without a Gay"
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Magazine initiative from Google Book Search
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Magazine initiative from Google Book Search
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Magazine initiative from Google Book Search
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - interesting metaphor
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Fwd: interesting metaphor
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Magazine initiative from Google Book Search
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Wednesday 10 December: "Day Without a Gay"
 
Laurence Horn
 - Magazine initiative from Google Book Search
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Fwd: interesting metaphor
 
Laurence Horn
 - Wednesday 10 December: "Day Without a Gay"
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - four-footed males, females, and children
 
Ann Burlingham
 - "conceive (of)"
 
Mark Mandel
 - four-footed males, females, and children
 
Mark Mandel
 - four-footed males, females, and children
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Magazine initiative from Google Book Search
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - interesting metaphor
 
Chris Waigl
 - Magazine initiative from Google Book Search
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - A very chavvy Christmas
 
James Harbeck
 - A very chavvy Christmas
 
Chris Waigl
 - four-footed males, females, and children
 
Wilson Gray
 - A very chavvy Christmas
 
Doug Harris
 - four-footed males, females, and children
 
Doug Harris
 - "conceive (of)"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "conceive (of)"
 
Wilson Gray
 - mailer/archive problems
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "conceive (of)"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - mailer/archive problems
 
Herb Stahlke
 - "conceive (of)"
 
Laurence Horn
 - "conceive (of)"
 
Alison Murie
 - "conceive (of)"
 
Laurence Horn
 - A very chavvy Christmas
 
Wilson Gray
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Did indicted Illinois governor skip online ethics training that he mandated for all state employees?
 
Dennis Baron
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Grant Barrett
 - Did indicted Illinois governor skip online ethics training thathe m andated for all state employees?
 
Doug Harris
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
 - substitution of X with Y
 
Wilson Gray
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Michael Covarrubias
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Wilson Gray
 - substitution of X with Y
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "word to mother" (1985)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Joel S. Berson
 - substitution of X with Y
 
Wilson Gray
 - Talk You Up
 
Gerald Walton
 - Test message (sorry for the possible duplication)
 
Laurence Horn
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Dizzy Blondes
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
William Salmon
 - Did indicted Illinois governor skip online ethics training ...
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - Q:  Meaning of "ringer"?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Q: Meaning of "ringer"?
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "Diphthong" in the mouth of the South
 
Wilson Gray
 - four-footed males, females, and children
 
Ann Burlingham
 - more political language
 
Laurence Horn
 - Cupboard Food
 
Doug Harris
 - "Diphthong" in the mouth of the South
 
Scot LaFaive
 - "he" and "he or she"
 
Lisa Minnick
 - "Diphthong" in the mouth of the South
 
Wilson Gray
 - Store-Bought
 
Gerald Walton
 - Q:  Meaning of "ringer"?
 
N2life4
 - Store-Bought
 
Wilson Gray
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Wilson Gray
 - a hog-backed molligrubber
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - honest politicians
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - substitution of X with Y
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - W örter des Jahres
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - TWAIN QUOTE
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Barbara Need
 - W örter des Jahres
 
Chris Waigl
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Barbara Need
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Laurence Horn
 - W örter des Jahres
 
Chris Waigl
 - W ärter des Jahres
 
Joel S. Berson
 - today's (bilingual) holiday pun
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - W ärter des Jahres
 
Chris Waigl
 - Q:  Meaning of "ringer"?
 
David A. Daniel
 - W ärter des Jahres
 
Chris Waigl
 - today's (bilingual) holiday pun
 
Laurence Horn
 - ADS-L on Language Log
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - ADS-L on Language Log
 
Laurence Horn
 - W örter des Jahres
 
Joel S. Berson
 - ADS-L on Language Log
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - progressista (NYT, 1872)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - TWAIN QUOTE (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - antedate: vog (volcanic smog), 1991
 
Mark Mandel
 - Talk You Up
 
Mark Mandel
 - antedate: vog (volcanic smog), 1991
 
Mark Mandel
 - TWAIN QUOTE (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - eggcorn alert: forgiving those who trustpass against us
 
Laurence Horn
 - More re:  fleece
 
Geoff Nathan
 - TWAIN QUOTE (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Stephen Goranson
 - Heard on The Judges: BE BIN ...
 
Wilson Gray
 - TWAIN QUOTE (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Heard on The Judges: BE BIN ...
 
Wilson Gray
 - Talk You Up
 
Wilson Gray
 - TWAIN QUOTE (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - More re:  fleece
 
Laurence Horn
 - TWAIN QUOTE (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - Merriam-Webster Words of the Year 2008
 
Chris Waigl
 - New OED notes (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - New OED notes (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Merriam-Webster Words of the Year 2008
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - New OED notes (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Wilson Gray
 - Most Notable Quotations of 2008
 
Grant Barrett
 - Merriam-Webster Words of the Year 2008
 
Chris Waigl
 - "Better Dead Than Red"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - StL BE [D^r] : non-sE [Dar] :: "clerk" [kl^rk] : "Cl[a]rk" [klark]? [NT]
 
Wilson Gray
 - WOTY candidate for most outrageous category?
 
Laurence Horn
 - Finnish meatballs
 
Victor
 - "Better Dead Than Red"
 
Sam Clements
 - Finnish meatballs
 
Victor
 - Vocabula: Free to New Readers
 
Robert Hartwell Fiske
 - Finnish meatballs
 
Laurence Horn
 - Finnish meatballs
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "Better Dead Than Red"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - F-Word update: Want to help?
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - "Better Dead Than Red"
 
Stephen Goranson
 - Finnish meatballs
 
Alison Murie
 - Habas de refried
 
Dan Goodman
 - SbaCL words of the year
 
Lynne Murphy
 - "Better Dead Than Red"
 
Victor
 - No subject
 
Douglas Wilson
 - "Better Dead Than Red"
 
Victor
 - Google Book Search misdating (was Re: "Better Dead Than Red")
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Google Book Search misdating (was Re: "Better Dead Than Red") (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - "sloppy seconds"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 -       [ADS-L] "sloppy secon ds"
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - "sloppy seconds"
 
Wilson Gray
 - "sloppy seconds"
 
Alice Faber
 - "sloppy seconds"
 
Laurence Horn
 - Our Fred on Quotes of the Year
 
Laurence Horn
 - Dutch word of the year: swaffelen
 
Grant Barrett
 - Heard on The Judges: "compromise"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Dutch word of the year: swaffelen
 
Wilson Gray
 - Dutch word of the year: swaffelen
 
Doug Harris
 - Heard on The Judges: "compromise"
 
Laurence Horn
 - Heard on The Judges: "compromise"
 
Mark Mandel
 - Heard on The Judges: "compromise"
 
Laurence Horn
 - Maledicta ends publication
 
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
 - "sloppy seconds" (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - "sloppy seconds" (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Wilson Gray
 - "sloppy seconds" (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Laurence Horn
 - "sloppy seconds" (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Wilson Gray
 - Heard on The Judges: "compromise"
 
Wilson Gray
 - ADS-L Digest - 15 Dec 2008 to 16 Dec 2008 (#2008-351)
 
Your Name
 - ADS-L Digest - 15 Dec 2008 to 16 Dec 2008 (#2008-351)
 
Wilson Gray
 - antedate for "blue collar" (OED: 1950)
 
Geoffrey Nunberg
 - antedate for Johnny (John) Doughboy, 1892 (RHDAS: 1918)
 
Geoffrey Nunberg
 - "let's play two" (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - Project Management Lingo (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - A dialect split
 
Wilson Gray
 - A dialect split
 
Laurence Horn
 - A dialect split
 
Randy Alexander
 - A dialect split
 
Randy Alexander
 - A dialect split
 
David Bowie
 - A dialect split
 
Wilson Gray
 - dialect jokes
 
Tom Zurinskas
 - 2010
 
Joel S. Berson
 - 2010
 
Grant Barrett
 - 2010
 
Laurence Horn
 - W örter des Jahres
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - singular "small  fry"
 
Alison Murie
 - 2010
 
Wilson Gray
 - singular "small  fry"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - What the Buck?
 
Doug Harris
 - What the Buck?
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - just deserts--again
 
Victor
 - singular "small  fry"
 
Laurence Horn
 - What the Buck?
 
Laurence Horn
 - singular "small fry"
 
Mark Mandel
 - What the Buck?
 
Baker, John
 - singular "small fry"
 
Laurence Horn
 - singular "small fry"
 
Ann Burlingham
 - singular "small fry"
 
Laurence Horn
 - DARE on Google Books
 
Joan H. Hall
 -       [ADS-L] DARE on Goo gle Books
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 -       [ADS-L] DARE on Google Books
 
Dave Wilton
 - cuff/cup eggcorns?
 
Herb Stahlke
 - not quite eggcorns
 
Victor
 - single father
 
Victor
 - single father
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - single father
 
Dave Wilton
 - single father
 
Andrea Morrow
 - single father
 
ronbutters at AOL.COM
 - political catchphrases of the year
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - single father
 
Victor
 - single father
 
ronbutters at AOL.COM
 - political catchphrases of the year
 
Chris Waigl
 - "limerick"
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - antedating  "limerick" (1888) ?  OED
 
John-Patrick
 - singular "small  fry"
 
Laurence Horn
 - singular "small fry"
 
Wilson Gray
 - antedating  "limerick" (1888) ?  OED
 
Stephen Goranson
 - Grant's new words in NYT
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - antedating  "limerick" (1888) ?  OED
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Grant's new words in NYT
 
Grant Barrett
 - antedating  "limerick" (1888) ?  OED
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Grant's new words in NYT
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - All Words Pronounced - forvo.com
 
David Metevia
 - snow- words
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - snow- words
 
David Bergdahl
 - snow- words
 
Doug Harris
 - Truly Scary Quote
 
Doug Harris
 - Truly Scary Quote
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - Truly Scary Quote
 
Laurence Horn
 - CNN Suggests Parents Can Prevent a Syndrome
 
Doug Harris
 - CNN Suggests Parents Can Prevent a Syndrome
 
Laurence Horn
 - CNN Suggests Parents Can Prevent a Syndrome
 
James Harbeck
 - Truly Scary Quote
 
David Metevia
 - Test
 
David Metevia
 - Truly Scary Quote
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 -       [ADS-L] Truly Scary  Quote
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - More on Alleged 1888 "Limerick" Occurrence
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Truly Scary Quote
 
Mark Mandel
 - not quite eggcorns
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - not quite eggcorns
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - not quite eggcorns
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - cuff/cup eggcorns?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - cuff/cup eggcorns?
 
ronbutters at AOL.COM
 - not quite eggcorns
 
Doug Harris
 - cuff/cup eggcorns?
 
Laurence Horn
 - No snail mail in colonial Maine
 
Joel S. Berson
 - antedating: "staging area"
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - my new blog
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - cuff/cup
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - not quite eggcorns
 
Mark Mandel
 - resend not quite eggcorns
 
Mark Mandel
 - side-straddle hop
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - cuff/cup and misremembering
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - cuff/cup and misremembering
 
Herb Stahlke
 - Heard on The Judges: BE "distributive _be_"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Festivus
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - cuff/cup and misremembering
 
Tom Zurinskas
 - Festivus
 
Scot LaFaive
 - Festivus
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - not quite eggcorns
 
Wilson Gray
 - opportYOUnity
 
Tom Zurinskas
 - opportYOUnity
 
Scot LaFaive
 - opportYOUnity
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - opportYOUnity
 
Joel S. Berson
 - opportYOUnity
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - opportYOUnity
 
Randy Alexander
 - opportYOUnity
 
Tom Zurinskas
 - opportYOUnity
 
Joel S. Berson
 - opportYOUnity
 
ronbutters at AOL.COM
 - Early 2008 WOTY Nominations Posted
 
Grant Barrett
 - OED update
 
Mark Peters
 - side-straddle hop
 
Charles Doyle
 - opportYOUnity
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - opportYOUnity
 
Tom Zurinskas
 - distinguishing
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - A "twofer"
 
Wilson Gray
 - not quite eggcorns
 
Victor
 - ADS-L Digest - 23 Dec 2008 to 24 Dec 2008 (#2008-359)
 
Your Name
 - bare pasts
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - ADS-L Digest - 23 Dec 2008 to 24 Dec 2008 (#2008-359)
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - zero vs. "that" relatives
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - zero vs. "that" relatives
 
Wilson Gray
 - ADS-L Digest - 21 Dec 2008 to 22 Dec 2008 (#2008-357)
 
Your Name
 - A "twofer"
 
Mark Mandel
 - New military strategy: if you can't teach GI's to conjugate in Arabic, try teaching linguists to kill
 
Dennis Baron
 - ADS-L Digest - 23 Dec 2008 to 24 Dec 2008 (#2008-359)
 
Chris Waigl
 - All talking photoplay 1928
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - "Twofer"
 
Prof. Roland Sussex
 - zero vs. "that" relatives
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - ADS-L Digest - 23 Dec 2008 to 24 Dec 2008 (#2008-359)
 
Laurence Horn
 - Antedating of "Rock Opera"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Further Antedating of "Rhythm and Blues"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Antedating of "Split Infinitive"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - zero vs. "that" relatives
 
Paul Johnston
 - eggcorn
 
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
 - zero vs. "that" relatives
 
ronbutters at AOL.COM
 - Antedating of "Split Infinitive"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Antedating of "Split Infinitive"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - zero vs. "that" relatives
 
Tom Zurinskas
 - zero vs. "that" relatives
 
David Bowie
 - zero vs. "that" relatives
 
David Bowie
 - Antedating of "Darwinism"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Antedating of "Split Infinitive"
 
Chris Waigl
 - Antedating of "Googol" and "Googolplex"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Antedating of "Jewish American Princess"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Antedating of "Split Infinitive"
 
Chris Waigl
 - Antedating of "JAP"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Fwd: eggcorn
 
Mark Mandel
 - Fwd: eggcorn
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Fwd: eggcorn
 
Laurence Horn
 - Antedating of "Split Infinitive"
 
david hughes
 - Antedating of "Split Infinitive"
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Antedating of "Yuppie"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Antedating of "Split Infinitive"
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Antedating of "Deadhead"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - widower
 
Victor
 - Antedating of "Split Infinitive"
 
Mark Mandel
 - Antedating of "Disco"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
Geoffrey Nunberg
 - More on "Googol" and "Googolplex"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
Grant Barrett
 - Variation in AmE (was: zero vs. "that" relatives)
 
Damien Hall
 - WOTY preview (Philly Inquirer)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Differences that people make but can't hear
 
Damien Hall
 - "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
Stephen Goranson
 - "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
Mark Mandel
 - macaronic wordplay
 
Mark Mandel
 - Fwd: Re:  "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - macaronic wordplay
 
Laurence Horn
 - "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Antedating of "Disco"
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - "wide asleep"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
Andrea Morrow
 - "wide asleep"
 
Laurence Horn
 - antedating of golf "Mulligan" 1936
 
Sam Clements
 - macaronic wordplay
 
Wilson Gray
 - Antedating of "Yuppie"
 
Baker, John
 - "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Antedating of "Yuppie"
 
Grant Barrett
 - macaronic wordplay
 
Doug Harris
 - macaronic wordplay
 
Mark Mandel
 - Antedating of "Yuppie"
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - macaronic wordplay
 
Bruce Hunter
 - macaronic wordplay
 
Mark Mandel
 - Antedating of "JAP"
 
Alison Murie
 - "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
Alison Murie
 - macaronic wordplay
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Antedating of "JAP"
 
Jerome Foster
 - Antedating of "JAP"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Antedating of "JAP"
 
Douglas G. Wilson
 - Antedating of "JAP"
 
Victor
 - Antedating of "JAP"
 
Jerome Foster
 - More on "Googol" and "Googolplex"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Ancient eggcorn?
 
Michael Quinion
 - Antedating of "Jaywalker" and "Jaywalking"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - "tot mom"
 
Charles Doyle
 - Zero vs. "that" relatives
 
Mark Davies
 - Ancient eggcorn?
 
Laurence Horn
 - "tot mom"
 
Laurence Horn
 - "tot mom"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Antedating of "Snuff Film / Movie"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Fwd: Zero vs. "that" relatives
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Fwd: Zero vs. "that" relatives
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Fwd: Zero vs. "that" relatives
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Zero vs. "that" relatives
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Ancient eggcorn?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Heard on The Judges: embedded question
 
Wilson Gray
 - Heard on The Judges: eggcorn or tip of the slung?
 
Wilson Gray
 - Fwd: Re:  "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
ronbutters at AOL.COM
 - zero vs. "that" relatives
 
ronbutters at AOL.COM
 - Heard on The Judges: embedded question
 
Laurence Horn
 - More 2008 WOTY nominations added
 
Grant Barrett
 - SOTA alert
 
Laurence Horn
 - Antedating of "Snuff Film / Movie"
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - An RCN ad: "For TV _how_ you like it ..."
 
Wilson Gray
 - WOTY preview (Canwest)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Defuse: not quite an eggcorn?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - SOTA alert
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - zero vs. "that" relatives
 
Wilson Gray
 - More on "Googol" and "Googolplex"
 
Mark Mandel
 - More on "Googol" and "Googolplex"
 
Victor
 - Fwd: Re: "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
Geoffrey Nunberg
 - Just in!!
 
David Barnhart
 - zero vs. "that" relatives
 
David Bowie
 - Zero vs. "that" relatives (and TIME Corpus)
 
Mark Davies
 - Merrill-Lynch econo-speak: ringfence, premia
 
David Bergdahl
 - Just in!!
 
David Barnhart
 - Zero vs. "that" relatives (and TIME Corpus) (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - pronunciation encountered
 
David Barnhart
 - pronunciation encountered
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Heard on The Judges: "_an_ harassment"
 
Wilson Gray
 - pronunciation encountered ("oxymoron")
 
Charles Doyle
 - Zero vs. "that" relatives (and TIME Corpus) (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Randy Alexander
 - Zero vs. "that" relatives (and TIME Corpus)
 
Mark Davies
 - pronunciation encountered
 
Laurence Horn
 - Heard on The Judges: "_an_ harassment"
 
Laurence Horn
 - Antedating of "Disco"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - antedating of golf "Mulligan" 1936
 
Gerald Cohen
 - Antedating of "JAP" (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - Antedating of "JAP" (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - Antedating of "JAP" (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - pronunciation encountered
 
Doug Harris
 - "work construction" 'do construction work'
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "work construction" 'do construction work'
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "work construction" 'do construction work'
 
Laurence Horn
 - "work construction" 'do construction work'
 
Douglas G. Wilson
 - "work construction" 'do construction work'
 
Wilson Gray
 - "winders of the circuit of circuits"
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - Heard on The Judges: "_an_ harassment"
 
Wilson Gray
 - economics
 
Victor
 - economics
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - brownie point (1952)
 
Dave Wilton
 - Heard on The Judges: "grudge-hold against"
 
Wilson Gray
 - economics
 
Herb Stahlke
 - antedating of "Murphy's Law" Sept. 1953
 
Stephen Goranson
 - header should read 1952 was Re: [ADS-L] antedating of "Murphy's Law" Sept. 1953
 
Stephen Goranson
 - Heard on The Judges: "grudge-hold against"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - antedating of "Murphy's Law" Sept. 1952
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - "work construction" 'do construction work'
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Antedating of "Sod's Law"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - antedating of "Murphy's law" May, 1951
 
Stephen Goranson
 - antedating of "Murphy's law" May, 1951
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - antedating of "Murphy's law" May, 1951
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - antedating of "Murphy's law" May, 1951
 
Stephen Goranson
 - antedating of "Murphy's law" May, 1951
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - A note on black naming practices
 
Wilson Gray
 - WOTY - now fortified with Grant Barrett!
 
Rex W. Stocklin
    
 
    
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