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- Kia Motors America
Doug Harris
- French punctuation oddities (was: Consistent punctuation oddities)
Mark Mandel
- "baby mama" does not mean what they thought it means
Mark Mandel
- a New York Times article about a single word
Joel S. Berson
- Consistent punctuation oddities
Lynne Murphy
- another query
Wilson Gray
- "thing/think" [was: on the eggcorn beat]
David Bowie
- Lesbos Lite
Joanne M. Despres
- Heard on The Judges: more influence of Forrest Gump's "BUH tock_s_"?
Doug Harris
- ghoti = fish
Wilson Gray
- OMGWTF iz up with j00? (was BUTTocks)
LanDi Liu
- "suave"
Charles Doyle
- "suave" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- 'word' words
Baker, John
- 'telegraphic': "abbreviated or concise like a telegram," 1848
Geoffrey Nunberg
- puncheon 'made of puncheons' 1689
Joel S. Berson
- A: "cheese store" in 1689?
Joel S. Berson
- Cheese store
Joel S. Berson
- "baby mama" vis-a-vis "baby's mama"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Eggcorn: "tighty-up" (v.)
John McChesney-Young
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- think/thing
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Obama's elliptical "than"
Benjamin Zimmer
- OED appeal for "scrunchie"
Sam Clements
- the long vowels as monophthongs
Tom Zurinskas
- Why we should ignore Tom Zurinskas
Mark Mandel
- "Roswell" as verb
Dan Goodman
- Damn! Gotta avoid those slips!
Wilson Gray
- coon cat
Jonathan Lighter
- neat phrases from Kent Desormeaux
George Thompson
- bale out / bail out (thing again/think again)
Joel S. Berson
- Hi!
Wilson Gray
- Hi!
Wilson Gray
- Hi!
Laurence Horn
- Hi!
Wilson Gray
- Hi!
Barnhart
- Hi!
Wilson Gray
- WOW WOTW: 'Monte-Shark Pattern' (Ok, it's not _A_ word!)
Doug Harris
- I say Myanmar, you say Burma
Joel S. Berson
- I say Myanmar, you say Burma
David Borowitz
- I say Myanmar, you say Burma
Mark Mandel
- I say Myanmar, you say Burma
Jonathan Lighter
- I say Myanmar, you say Burma
Joel S. Berson
- I say Myanmar, you say Burma
Baker, John
- I say Myanmar, you say Burma
Dan Goodman
- I say Myanmar, you say Burma
Jonathan Lighter
- I say Myanmar, you say Burma
Wilson Gray
- I say Myanmar, you say Burma
Wilson Gray
- I say Myanmar, you say Burma
Mark Mandel
- I say Myanmar, you say Burma
Wilson Gray
- Loses Something -- But Not Color -- In Translation: "A Real Boom"
Doug Harris
- "SPORT" [OT, was Re: neat phrases from Kent Desormeaux
David Donnell
- "kin" for can
William Warren
- A debriefing on camels and dromedaries
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "hold" = "borrow"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on L&O: SVU--"baby daddy"
Barbara Need
- Truthiness in the wild
Dave Wilton
- Ukraine; was Re: I say Myanmar, you say Burma
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Court rules you can't swear like a trucker in trucking office
Dennis Baron
- "nose-powder" 'cocaine' 1936
Joel S. Berson
- "bona fide" as past part.
Michael Covarrubias
- "important" as noun
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on The Judges: "tell NP said"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: sE "there" > BE "it"
Wilson Gray
- The "Know Nothings", 1853
Joel S. Berson
- Orwell _Down and Out_ in [Paris and] London
Laurence Horn
- Ukraine/Netherlands
Benjamin Lukoff
- Heard on The Judges: pronunciation, syntax, vocabulary
Wilson Gray
- "rhyming off"?
David Donnell
- Heard on The Judges: misuse of garnish"
Wilson Gray
- OED and Jesse in the Times Mag
Laurence Horn
- "scrimshander" -- new meaning, or misuse? (Or perhaps obsession)
Joel S. Berson
- "scrimshander" -- new meaning [was: misuse? (Or perhaps obsession)]
Joel S. Berson
- Documentation(?): _Chicano_ "Mexican-American"
Wilson Gray
- "the" before country name
Your Name
- Query: "Winner, winner, chicken dinner"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Query: "Winner, winner, chicken dinner"
Laurence Horn
- Query: "Winner, winner, chicken dinner"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Query: "Winner, winner, chicken dinner"
Alice Faber
- Query: "Winner, winner, chicken dinner"
Sam Clements
- Query: "Winner, winner, chicken dinner"
Baker, John
- wackadoodle
Benjamin Zimmer
- New language/dialect blog
LanDi Liu
- 'the' in country names
Lynne Murphy
- Re: [ADS-L] "the" b efore country name
RonButters at AOL.COM
- When is a Knish Not A Knish
Doug Harris
- New(?) names for open-toed shoes ...
Wilson Gray
- "anal glaucoma", a new disorder
Laurence Horn
- ADS-L Digest - 11 May 2008 to 12 May 2008 (#2008-134)
Nancy Friedman
- "the" before country (and university) names
Janet Marting
- posting replies
Joel S. Berson
- ADS group on LinkedIn
Benjamin Zimmer
- from The New York Times
Robert Greenman
- "anal astigmatism" bad
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Heard on The Judges: "give ... back"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "over GEOGRAPHICAL LOC"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "give ... pay"
Wilson Gray
- shoes sans toes
Nancy Friedman
- Heard on The Judges: "play-touch"
Wilson Gray
- grow-op Canadian usage?
Herb Stahlke
- Daub
Benjamin Barrett
- Daub
William Salmon
- Daub
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Daub
Wilson Gray
- Daub
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Daub
Enid Pearsons
- New Antedating of "Movie"
Shapiro, Fred
- OT: New Antedating of "Movie"
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on The Judges: multi [m^ltai] = "a (whole) lot of"
Wilson Gray
- from my roving correspondent
Arnold M. Zwicky
- ADS-L Digest - 12 May 2008 to 13 May 2008 (#2008-135)
Your Name
- Early interdating, "simp"
Joel S. Berson
- DARE letters of support
Joan H. Hall
- Why Swedish is a backward language
Jonathan Lighter
- unusual subjunctive
James Harbeck
- ADS-L Digest - 13 May 2008 to 14 May 2008 (#2008-136)
Your Name
- appalled = "astounded"
Jonathan Lighter
- Listserve address
Jesse Sheidlower
- A comparison of U.K. and U.S.A. slang
Josie Whittle
- daub/dab
Joel S. Berson
- Fellowship Programs
Botir Djuraev
- appalled = "astounded" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Daub (Mud dauber)
Dave Hause
- subscription
Keith Dede
- ADS-L Digest - 14 May 2008 to 15 May 2008 (#2008-137)
Your Name
- curebie
Mark Mandel
- Date of "second-wave feminism/feminist"
Joanne M. Despres
- "second wave" feminism/feminst, part 2
Joanne M. Despres
- Heard on The Judges: interesting (only to me?) dialect
Wilson Gray
- inasmuch=because
Sam Clements
- "Oil as spiritous drink?
Joel S. Berson
- intend(s) use
LanDi Liu
- ADS-L Digest - 15 May 2008 to 16 May 2008 (#2008-138)
Your Name
- When is a knish not a knish [more]
neil
- Happy Gay
Doug Harris
- gutteral 'of the gutter'
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Perfect storm, not negative
Benjamin Barrett
- Some Texas-blues BE
Wilson Gray
- "curbside", v.t.; "consult", n.
Mark Mandel
- OT: A "curbside"consult?
Joel S. Berson
- "hither to that point" (J. Travolta)
sagehen
- Apologies
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Syntactic blend: "out of a sudden"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Heard on The Judges: the intricacy of English syntax
Wilson Gray
- strange headlines and whatnot
JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
- "Oil as spiritous drink? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "fonted" = 'identified on screen'?
Laurence Horn
- "On the other sending": Blend or just rushed?
Joel S. Berson
- Another "towing the line"
sagehen
- medical lingo
Robert Greenman
- "Hooking Up"
William Hamlin
- kinetic energy poisoning
Mark Mandel
- LGBTT2IQQA
James Harbeck
- Another think, again
Geoff Nathan
- Another think, again
Brenda Lester
- Another think, again
Benjamin Zimmer
- Another think, again
Wilson Gray
- Another think, again
sagehen
- Another think, again
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Another think, again
Wilson Gray
- Another think, again
Benjamin Zimmer
- Another think, again
Joel S. Berson
- Another think, again
Benjamin Zimmer
- Another think, again
Marc Velasco
- Another think, again
Wilson Gray
- Jailbreaking, unjailbreaking; PAQ
Benjamin Barrett
- News reader:
Wilson Gray
- ADS-L Digest - 21 May 2008 to 22 May 2008 (#2008-144)
Your Name
- Antedating of "Gung Ho"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of "No-Brainer"
Shapiro, Fred
- Heard on The Judges: "The Man"
Wilson Gray
- duh
RonButters at AOL.COM
- more media mis-info: "thumbs up"
Jonathan Lighter
- Another (colonial -- not?) "The"
Joel S. Berson
- "demandeur"
sagehen
- throwing up my socks
Barbara Need
- Heard on The Judges: "The Man" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Antedating of "Yada Yada"
Shapiro, Fred
- Bodysnarkin' the cankles of the chubs
Jonathan Lighter
- throwing up my socks--(basic question)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Wichita's English-only school sued for discrimination
Dennis Baron
- ADS-L Digest - 22 May 2008 to 23 May 2008 (#2008-145)
Your Name
- "stifled" 'stilted' and the reverse
Arnold M. Zwicky
- summatives on Language Log
Arnold M. Zwicky
- F-word acronyms
Laurence Horn
- schwa is not one sound but many
Tom Zurinskas
- "virtual reality" loosening
James Harbeck
- "To whit ..."
Wilson Gray
- FW: Antedating of "Yada Yada"
Baker, John
- FW: Chopped Beef Sandwich (1881, New Haven)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- an eggcorn [over-]ripe for the database
Laurence Horn
- "explicit"
Charles Doyle
- Euphemism
Wilson Gray
- ADS-L Digest - 25 May 2008 to 26 May 2008 (#2008-148)
Your Name
- "another thing coming"
Mark Mandel
- Distinguishing THING and THINK / ____ COMING
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Heard on The Judges: creeping blackenization?
Wilson Gray
- heard: datapoint
Marc Velasco
- I love this list ... was: "another thing coming"
Katharine The Grate
- Namaste
Benjamin Barrett
- "think coming" vs. "think coming"
Your Name
- another WOTY candidate
Laurence Horn
- Namaste (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Your ass is grass ...
Wilson Gray
- "Wecker": an 'English' word used in China?
Douglas G. Wilson
- James' been
James Harbeck
- Wecker = old car
Your Name
- blend of sorts: "not out of the clear just yet"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Schwa hits the Big Time!
sagehen
- Txtng blamed for decline of French
Dennis Baron
- belated Australian WOTY: me-tooism
Benjamin Zimmer
- pregap
Benjamin Zimmer
- Self-plugging behavior
Mark Peters
- It begs the question: is it just me?
David Donnell
- "Ex-ee-dus"
Jim Parish
- "Democrat party"
Jonathan Lighter
- Query: Publishers of Student Work
Margaret Lee
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