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- dog water (1861)
Jonathan Lighter
- brain-housing group
Jonathan Lighter
- Prescriptive Linguists
David A. Daniel
- isoglosses for hw/w
Wilson Gray
- dative uses (was Re: Prescriptive Linguists)
Mark Mandel
- Pronouncing drug names (w. note for Wilson)
Mark Mandel
- Liddell (was: Pronouncing drug names (w. note for Wilson))
James Harbeck
- Liddell
Mark Mandel
- what-all (1861)
Mark Mandel
- baby bump [was: conceptionmoon]
Amy West
- Brainchild
Jonathan Lighter
- "It goes to"
Erik Hoover
- Prescriptive Linguists (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Biscuits and gravy ...
David Gignilliat
- sumbitch (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- dickhead (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- up shit creek (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- funny character in SF Citations for OED
Jesse Sheidlower
- ''Tall-Man'' lettering
RonButters at AOL.COM
- The duration of /ae/ and /ai/
Tom Zurinskas
- Good handwriting still important . . . for that successful stick-up note
Dennis Baron
- OT: UTF-8?
Joel S. Berson
- English "laydown" = French "application"? Jargon?
Wilson Gray
- English spelling -ell again
Wilson Gray
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Wilson Gray
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Benjamin Zimmer
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Wilson Gray
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Mark Mandel
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Benjamin Zimmer
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Benjamin Zimmer
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Wilson Gray
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Laurence Horn
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Jonathan Lighter
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Jonathan Lighter
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Wilson Gray
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Paul
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Mark Mandel
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Wilson Gray
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Wilson Gray
- Another dating for positive "uptight," if anyone cares
Mark Mandel
- Horne
Wilson Gray
- homie (1927, 1929)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Zona
Jonathan Lighter
- Student question on language crossing social barriers
David Bowie
- rooves
Benjamin Barrett
- Lightning chess
Benjamin Barrett
- "gimme some skin", "righteous" (Burley, 1940)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "gimme some skin", "righteous" (Burley, 1940)
Wilson Gray
- "gimme some skin", "righteous" (Burley, 1940)
Mark Mandel
- "gimme some skin", "righteous" (Burley, 1940)
Dennis Preston
- "gimme some skin", "righteous" (Burley, 1940)
Mark Mandel
- "gimme some skin", "righteous" (Burley, 1940)
Wilson Gray
- No more Autobus Magico, as Nevada school district bans Spanish on the bus
Dennis Baron
- Macquarie WOTY: pod slurping
Benjamin Zimmer
- English is "diminishing"
Andrea Morrow
- Karandash (was: English "laydown")
Laurence Horn
- Truespel Spam
Russ McClay
- A Butte of a Phrase
Doug Harris
- Re: [ADS-L] rooves
RonButters at AOL.COM
- call for papers ADS regional meeting at the rocky mountian MLA
Sonja Launspach
- Agnostic (non-theological)
Scot LaFaive
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Yahoo mail bug (was Re: Agnostic (non-theological))
Mark Mandel
- whistle-jack, n.; sweat, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- whistle-jack, n.; sweat, n.
Joel S. Berson
- whistle-jack, n.; sweat, n.
George Thompson
- whistle-jack, n.; sweat, n.
Wilson Gray
- whistle-jack, n.; sweat, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- whistle-jack, n.; sweat, n.
Wilson Gray
- split infinitive with "not" (1862)
Jonathan Lighter
- I lately lost a preposition
Joel S. Berson
- Truespel Spam?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- OED SF database (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Agnostic (non-theological) [ZONEALARM CHALLENGE]
Warren William Hausman
- OED SF database (more) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "on one's muscle"
Jonathan Lighter
- Another dating for & pork pies and Church shoes
Paul
- chuck-a-luck (1830, 1831)
Jonathan Lighter
- whistle-jack (1847, 1860)
Jonathan Lighter
- "I am still believing..."
Arun K Raman
- paremiology cit & Fred's book in Harper's
Amy West
- Nickname "Spike" (1894)
Jonathan Lighter
- "Q: "show me out [something]" = show to me?
Joel S. Berson
- ADS-L Digest - 4 Feb 2008 to 5 Feb 2008 (#2008-37) (re: rooves)
Geraldine Hizer
- A new pronunciation a-borning?
Wilson Gray
- split infinitive with "not" (1862) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Q: A password prompt in Japanese
Joel S. Berson
- Song title in iTunes
Wilson Gray
- An army or a dozen
LanDi Liu
- I am still believing...
Arun K Raman
- "o. K." explained, 1841
George Thompson
- posting links to Language Log and other blogs
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd: Re: Nickname "Spike" (1894)
Barnhart
- Idiot/village idiot
Benjamin Barrett
- heard at the newstand
JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
- "no-mentum" towards WOTY?
Laurence Horn
- pencil-whip
Larry Scroggs
- pencil-whip (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- David's "ruffians" again
Joel S. Berson
- Quote: "War doesn't determine who is right...."
Jonathan Lighter
- Abandonment
Philip E. Cleary
- semantic drift: "grow"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Same Old Same Old"
Shapiro, Fred
- A language crime in American speech
RonButters at AOL.COM
- More USMC acronyms
Jonathan Lighter
- George Washington's accent
Sam Clements
- Thoughts on "cool"
Benjamin Zimmer
- buttockses
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Slinging coffee
Benjamin Barrett
- acapella = unaccompanied instrument
James Harbeck
- a capella
James Harbeck
- another lost preposition
Arnold M. Zwicky
- More USMC acronyms (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- OT: Slinging coffee
Joel S. Berson
- buttockses (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- bogart (v.)
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on The Judges
Wilson Gray
- Eke out > etch out eggcorn?
Philip E. Cleary
- Putting voice in messages - qlippit
Tom Zurinskas
- scatalogical slang (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- New word? / technical term?
Wilson Gray
- [ADS-L] scatalogical slang (UNCLASSIFIED)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- [Fwd: [freecycleMpls] Offer: Counsel TV - NE Mpls]
Dan Goodman
- NWAV37 Call for papers
Nancy Niedzielski
- No subject
Nancy Niedzielski
- help needed on 19th Century gender nomenclature
JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
- "Imus" as a verb
JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
- More on "decimate"
Jonathan Lighter
- Diacritics on Jeopardy
Barbara Need
- the "pimp" chronicles
Benjamin Zimmer
- the "pimp" chronicles (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- tactful powerline?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- bogart (v.) = 'wet butt'
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] tactful powerline?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Superdelegate"
Shapiro, Fred
- crunk
Jonathan Lighter
- Basically OT correction for discographers
Wilson Gray
- Paying with food or cash?
Dan Goodman
- wild about Rappaccini's daughter
Jonathan Lighter
- Half a pair of buttoxes
Charles Doyle
- authentic seed overload
Jonathan Lighter
- wild about Rappaccini's daughter (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Superdelegate" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- does anyone need another example of positive ANYMORE?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- spelling reform humor
Mark Mandel
- When a swallowed spoon "comes to hand"
Joel S. Berson
- in the wild: "vegangelical"; "misremembers"
Laurence Horn
- in the wild: "misremembers"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Re: [ADS-L] does an yone need another example of positive ANYMORE ?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Pinktoes
Wilson Gray
- New Usage of "Availability"
Shapiro, Fred
- The Demise of Copyediting?
Shapiro, Fred
- typos
Arnold M. Zwicky
- abstract for Stanford SemFest 9
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Ruth Wajnryb on WOTY
Benjamin Zimmer
- "chicken little"
Charles Doyle
- idiom blend
Arnold M. Zwicky
- heart-rendering
Jonathan Lighter
- More on Tonto, Kemosabe [WAS Re: does anyone need another example of positive ANYMORE?]
Jonathan Lighter
- More on Kemosabe
Joel S. Berson
- Tonto and the Lone Ranger
RonButters at AOL.COM
- typos, noticing or not
Joel S. Berson
- More on Tonto
Joel S. Berson
- blogger vs. poster
STAHLKE, HERBERT F
- reverse surge
Benjamin Zimmer
- Some turn of the century Colorado slang (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Moment of truth? Engineers devise model to predict when your language is going to die . . .
Dennis Baron
- duel roll
JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
- "Wecker": an 'English' word used in China?
Douglas G. Wilson
- y'all/ ya'll
Jonathan Lighter
- broccoli rabbi and more
Arnold M. Zwicky
- strum up support
Andrea Morrow
- "Tell It Like It Is"
Shapiro, Fred
- winnow down
Herb Stahlke
- OK in the comics
Barbara Need
- spelling aloud (was: y'all/ ya'll)
Mark Mandel
- either /'iyD at r/ ~ /'ayD at r/
Mark Mandel
- ~Feenlend
Tom Zurinskas
- Another take on 'Tonto'
Geoff Nathan
- FWIW
David A. Daniel
- Wired on origin of "isotope"
Mark Mandel
- semantic shift: "division"; "air cavalry"; "genocide"
Jonathan Lighter
- CFP -- MLA Division on Language Change
Michael Adams
- How many does it take to be "diverse"?
Jonathan Lighter
- ILLITERATE TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL FOR 17 YEARS!!!!
Jonathan Lighter
- "pimp walk"
Joel S. Berson
- Geoffrey Alert
Brenda Lester
- any takers?
Brenda Lester
- "insofar as" = absolute "as far as"
Jonathan Lighter
- ADS-L Digest - 16 Feb 2008 to 17 Feb 2008 (#2008-49)
JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
- Tonto
Your Name
- "scads" (money) antedating 1853ff
Stephen Goranson
- Posthumously
Barbara Need
- "tantamount" = paramount; extremely important
Jonathan Lighter
- deeden?
Joel S. Berson
- Quebec language police order Irish pub to get rid of English
Dennis Baron
- The Oxford DMS, again
Wilson Gray
- English nearing 1,000,000 words?
Barbara Need
- English nearing 1,000,000 words?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- English nearing 1,000,000 words?
Laurence Horn
- English nearing 1,000,000 words?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- English nearing 1,000,000 words?
Barnhart
- English nearing 1,000,000 words?
Mark Mandel
- English nearing 1,000,000 words?
Laurence Horn
- English nearing 1,000,000 words?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Defining "pimp"
Wilson Gray
- Humira pronunciation
Benjamin Lukoff
- WOTY? beelzebufo
Joel S. Berson
- Lone Ranger gets his Name
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Not Your Gramma's Grammar
Doug Harris
- Precedent > Precedence Eggcorn?
Philip E. Cleary
- Shoot-out in outer space
Jonathan Lighter
- naive construction: (possessive proper name) + (generic screen role)
Jonathan Lighter
- "risen" for "raised"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- typocorrection--"risen" for "raised"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- German-English code-switching survey
Barbara Ellen Haertl (behaertl)
- Grammatical Cupertino confirmed (was "risen" < "raised")
RonButters at AOL.COM
- ADS-L Digest - 19 Feb 2008 to 20 Feb 2008 (#2008-52)
Your Name
- the PB broadcast and 'Tonto'
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] ADS-L D igest - 19 Feb 2008 to 20 Feb 2008 (#20 08-52)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Just words: Is it plagiarism, homage, or business as usual when public figures "forget" to footnote?
Dennis Baron
- Just words: Is it plagiarism, homage, or business as usual when public figures "forget" to footnote?
Salikoko Mufwene
- Just words: Is it plagiarism, homage, or business as usual when public figures "forget" to footnote?
Margaret Lee
- Just words: Is it plagiarism, homage, or business as usual when public figures "forget" to footnote?
Dave Wilton
- Just words: Is it plagiarism, homage, or business as usual when public figures "forget" to footnote?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Just words: Is it plagiarism, homage, or business as usual when public figures "forget" to footnote?
Jonathan Lighter
- Just words: Is it plagiarism, homage, or business as usual when public figures "forget" to footnote?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Just words: Is it plagiarism, homage, or business as usual when public figures "forget" to footnote?
Laurence Horn
- PB broadcast and 'Tonto'
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Three digital computers
JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
- dialects and languages
James Harbeck
- Frogs as WOTY? Only if Obamafied...
David A. Daniel
- George Washington's Speech Impediment
Allan A Metcalf
- Maybe this is part of the whole language barrier I encounter as a non-native speaker.
Arun K Raman
- sweding
Benjamin Zimmer
- semantic drift: "limerick"
Jonathan Lighter
- George Washeengton's Spich empeedeemint
RonButters at AOL.COM
- REALLY, Now!
Doug Harris
- permissioned
Mark Mandel
- ASCII IPA?
Tom Zurinskas
- George Washington's spelling
Joel S. Berson
- What is plagiarism
Joel S. Berson
- Redacting the D-word
Joel S. Berson
- Sweded Movies
Dan Goodman
- semantic drift: popup; deconstruct
Jonathan Lighter
- wheel barrel
Darla Wells
- N. Y. minute
Laurence Horn
- Hameo-Semitic
Jonathan Lighter
- semantic drift: "swath"
Jonathan Lighter
- In a rectangular grid, all roads lead to the center
Joel S. Berson
- Obamafied...
Paul
- Apostrophes in names; was Re: Obamafied...
Barbara Need
- "Dead meat"
Dan Goodman
- Mentum-mentum
Mark Peters
- broodmare
Mark Mandel
- "hither to that point" (J. Travolta)
Laurence Horn
- An obscure bit of military slang
Wilson Gray
- "ceded"? "seeded"? huh?
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: dialects and languages
Mark Mandel
- Braintree (was: George Washeengton's Spich empeedeemint)
Damien Hall
- "go bazooka"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Braintree
Joel S. Berson
- clarence thomas' dialect
Dennis Baron
- preposition ~ zero
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Disappearing bacteria -- send out an APB
Joel S. Berson
- gay = bright, lively, cheerful
RonButters at AOL.COM
- gay = bright, lively, cheerful
Mark Mandel
- gay = bright, lively, cheerful
Mark Mandel
- gay = bright, lively, cheerful
RonButters at AOL.COM
- gay = bright, lively, cheerful
James Smith
- gay = bright, lively, cheerful
Wilson Gray
- [ADS-L] gay = bri ght, lively, cheerful
RonButters at AOL.COM
- guttural as in gut
Mark Mandel
- New York City accent in the press
Grant Barrett
- Dear Abby on gender-neutral "guys"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Huckabeean
Barbara Need
- "narrative"
Jonathan Lighter
- Free Access to Paper of Record Archives (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- don't mix those metaphors!
Arnold M. Zwicky
- closed circle of friends
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] closed circle of friends
RonButters at AOL.COM
- the ad itself
Mark Mandel
- can we have a SOTY category, pretty please?
Laurence Horn
- anymore, flowers don't seem to be gay
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Way OT: A Pair of Fruits
Doug Harris
- far future Re: dialects and languages
Dan Goodman
- More semantic drift?
Wilson Gray
- More on Danish and Swedish
Mark Mandel
- envisualize
Jonathan Lighter
- extreme language sites for "grammar geeks"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Spoken by Judge Mathis:
Wilson Gray
- P.S. on Prosty
Laurence Horn
- site seeing
Barbara Need
- A Pair of Fruits
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Lowbrow TV for Linguists
Matthew Gordon
- coining a word
Steve Kl.
- Re: [ADS-L] A Pair of Fruits
RonButters at AOL.COM
- an innovation?
Laurence Horn
- Hussein, v.
Benjamin Zimmer
- WOTY
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Avail" = "advantage"?
Wilson Gray
- learning to speak "standard"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- query from Slate re Buckley
Arnold M. Zwicky
- an innovation? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- losing the "gay voice"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Heard on tonight's Without a Trace
Wilson Gray
- Derivation new to me
Wilson Gray
- Postal-Stampe (vs. Paper-Penzl etc.)
Geoff Nathan
- Just wondering
Wilson Gray
- Unfamiliar slang term
Wilson Gray
- jumping
Joel S. Berson
- Re: [ADS-L] Postal-St ampe (vs. Paper-Penzl etc.)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- aloose--atypical a-prefixing?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- losing the "gay voice" (and sirens)
Benjamin Barrett
- using the "gay voice" and triggering gaydar
RonButters at AOL.COM
- window of focus
RonButters at AOL.COM
- humorously named legal offices; was: Re: [ADS-L] Postal-Stampe (vs. Paper-Penzl etc.)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Todger/tadger
Wilson Gray
- More "jump on" heard on The Judges
Wilson Gray
- "American", verb, 1835
Joel S. Berson
- shmatz
Jonathan Lighter
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