October 2008 Archives by thread
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- Websters dictionary mandates no "r" at the end of words
Joel S. Berson
- "ye": "the" vs. "thee"?
Joel S. Berson
- "political freeroll"
Benjamin Zimmer
- eggcorns in oakland?
Marc Velasco
- woty
Marc Velasco
- Nonce-word-palooza
Mark Peters
- lemon socialism (1974)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Jesse Sheidlower on Palin's accent
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Dram-king"
Wilson Gray
- SOTA watch: "ancestors" for "descendants" again?
Laurence Horn
- OUP (UK) WOTY: credit crunch
Benjamin Zimmer
- "fewer" + MASS
Jim Parish
- Heard on The Judges: "assumed" > "assimulated"
Wilson Gray
- Religulous
LanDi Liu
- Palin isn't in MS Word's dictionary (and neither was Obama)
Benjamin Barrett
- The neuter child again
Joel S. Berson
- Words don't lie, part II: Perception Analyzer reveals no Jack Kennedys at vice presidential debate
Dennis Baron
- Eggcorn lesson
LanDi Liu
- "red herring" expression--Treatment by Robert Scott Ross
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Please remove me
Bradley Miller
- Palin's accent
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Words don't lie, part II: Perception Analyzer reveals no Jack Kennedys at vice presidential debate (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- just for chagrins
Benjamin Zimmer
- Bourke B. Hickenlooper
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Historical note
Wilson Gray
- No subject
David Barnhart
- Debate analysis (1858)
Joel S. Berson
- an hero (was Re: Bourke B. Hickenlooper)
Benjamin Zimmer
- on kicking the bucket
Laurence Horn
- Windows Live Hotmail Service Centre
Tom Zurinskas
- Query: First attestation of "The House That Ruth Built"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- primary, v. (antedatings)
Benjamin Zimmer
- aitches
Joel S. Berson
- They say Bosniak, the OED ...
Joel S. Berson
- Damon Wayans on using Wikipedia:
Wilson Gray
- More on neutrality
Wilson Gray
- Heard on local news: there were > it was
Wilson Gray
- "anathema to our values"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Biting the big one"
Wilson Gray
- "Jump on"
Wilson Gray
- Organizing Our Marvellous Neighbours
Grant Barrett
- Jesse the Perfect Host (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- cultural notes from all over
Arnold M. Zwicky
- OT: You really do never? / don't ever? know!
Wilson Gray
- You really do never? / don't ever? know!
Doug_Harris
- braggadocious
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on The Judges: "get loud"
Wilson Gray
- YBQ in WSJ / "bottle in front of me" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Confusion (Please remove me)
Word Crafter
- "bottle in front of me" (close, but no cigar)
George Thompson
- Nathan Bierma's "On Language" column and forthcoming book
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Joe Sixpack (Sikspak)
Sam Clements
- "The Dog That Didn't Bite"
Doug_Harris
- bosniak bosniac bosnian
Dennis Baron
- "bottle in front of me" (close, but no cigar) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- poop sheet
sagehen
- "picked and choosed"
Laurence Horn
- a little dialect confusion never hurt anyone...
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: "resurfaced"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Words don't lie, part III: Campaign rhetoric gives way to campaign linguistics
Dennis Baron
- poop sheet (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Cylons
Mark Peters
- "resurfaced"
Marc Velasco
- LISTSERV password (was: Re: [ADS-L] poop sheet (UNCLASSIFIED))
Jesse Sheidlower
- Antedating of "Been There, Done That" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Eating Iran
Geoff Nathan
- Wilson hangs up the jockey strap
Wilson Gray
- chat (military etymythology)
Benjamin Zimmer
- effects of the economic crisis on speech perception
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Black Swan (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- SLS
Robert Hartwell Fiske
- Eggcorn: foilage
Benjamin Barrett
- Eggcorn: ward healing
Alison Murie
- Eggcorn: momento
Benjamin Barrett
- Antedating of "burger"
Joel S. Berson
- Fwd: amusing usage - _what_ hit the fan?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- more fan-hitting
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Cigarette Ads
Bethany Dumas
- Alternative spelling
Tom Zurinskas
- fan-hitting
Sam Clements
- ADS-L Digest - 9 Oct 2008 to 10 Oct 2008 (#2008-285)
Your Name
- craps dialect
William Salmon
- Daniel Cassidy has died
Grant Barrett
- Test post
Sam Clements
- Guilt by association: My Sarah Palin number is 2. Does that mean I palled around with terrorists?
Dennis Baron
- fan-hitting (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- ADS annual meeting sked posted
Grant Barrett
- fan-hitting (classified)
Joel S. Berson
- fan-hitting (classified) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Some stock market terms
George Thompson
- Flip this House (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Noah Webster at 250
Dennis Baron
- Jane Winebox (was Joe Sixpack (Sikspak) ) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- green behind the ears
Benjamin Zimmer
- green behind the ears (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "ringer" = someone with unexpected assets?
Joel S. Berson
- Green collar
Benjamin Barrett
- Query about "second guess"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Words don't lie, part IV: Candidates debate role of plumbers in the White House
Dennis Baron
- 'Onboard' as a Verb, and an Adverb
Doug_Harris
- Lipstick-on-a-pig-gate
Mark Peters
- to purple (vi)
Benjamin Barrett
- idiom watch: "riding the tire swing"/"swinging on the tire" etc.
Geoffrey Nunberg
- swagger (jacking)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Minimal pairs
Joel S. Berson
- NRI: non-resident Indian
Mark Mandel
- FW: Minimal pairs
Janet Marting
- Will this post be the game-changer I need?
Mark Peters
- lingoz.com
Tom Zurinskas
- English accent sentence
Tom Zurinskas
- Q: Dating "recent" slang and other words
Joel S. Berson
- "Self made man" 1828, antedates 1832
Joel S. Berson
- Q: Dating; Engrish 1985-
Joel S. Berson
- Q: Dating slang; denerdify
Joel S. Berson
- "strike blood first"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "laying a predicate"
Sam Clements
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Doug_Harris
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Mark Mandel
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Wilson Gray
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Benjamin Barrett
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Ann Burlingham
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Wilson Gray
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Mark Mandel
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Wilson Gray
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Benjamin Barrett
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Doug_Harris
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Benjamin Barrett
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Doug_Harris
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Benjamin Barrett
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Michael Covarrubias
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Doug_Harris
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Benjamin Barrett
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Benjamin Zimmer
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a
Wilson Gray
- ADS-L Digest - 18 Oct 2008 to 19 Oct 2008 (#2008-294)
Your Name
- the VIX, aka the Fear Index
Benjamin Zimmer
- mob-cap
Joel S. Berson
- Colin Powell endorses Obama
Wilson Gray
- Chomsky's endorsement
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Q: Dating slang; denerdify (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Wikipedia Unsure Whether African-American Should Be A A, A-A, A-a (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- First Nations
Joel S. Berson
- First Nations (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Needful"?
Joel S. Berson
- Suzy Chapstick (placeholder)
Scot LaFaive
- "skillen"
Joel S. Berson
- doomcriers, doomcryer
Marc Velasco
- "Needful"? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Q: Dating; Engrish 1985- (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Engrish, 1942
Joel S. Berson
- Warren Buffett on ellipsis
Arnold M. Zwicky
- A game-changing column
Mark Peters
- Already use < Spanish ya?
Benjamin Barrett
- Yah!
Joseph Salmons
- Labov on red-state/blue state
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Pronouncing "Sjonna"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Already use Spanish ya?
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "The Red Army" -- Republican Party
Dan Goodman
- The semantics of politics: defining the real "real" America
Dennis Baron
- Measuring the Drapes
Baker, John
- Yah
David Bowie
- credit tsunami
Benjamin Zimmer
- Pronouncing "Samuel"
Joel S. Berson
- Fwd: Re: "The Red Army" -- Republican Party (P.S.)
Laurence Horn
- weird (s.o.) out (1970)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Fwd: Social Shopping from DealSucker.com
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "mother dear," "souphomore"
Wilson Gray
- Generation ñ (enya)
Joel S. Berson
- The plow and The Three Garridebs (not by O'Casey)
Joel S. Berson
- blamecasting
Marc Velasco
- Generation ñ (enya)
Joel S. Berson
- saying
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Out of Pocket
David Metevia
- The Buck Stops Here
Sam Clements
- ADS-L Digest - 23 Oct 2008 to 24 Oct 2008 (#2008-299)
Your Name
- mobcap
Joel S. Berson
- Gang aft a-gley
Wilson Gray
- frown
LanDi Liu
- ahold
LanDi Liu
- Past tense Spelling
David Metevia
- Fwd: ahold
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd: frown
Arnold M. Zwicky
- big umbrella
David Barnhart
- Fwd: Past tense Spelling
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Out of pocket" = "out of touch"/"gone" (1909 or earlier)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Sports locutions
Charles Doyle
- bootleg recessionistas
Laurence Horn
- "lion" +/- "-s"
Charles Doyle
- "Out of pocket" = "missing some money"?
James Smith
- catnappping
Joel S. Berson
- play the [blank] card
Marc Velasco
- silly adverts
Alison Murie
- slough
Joel S. Berson
- Fwd: "lion" +/- "-s"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- bootleg recessionistas (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- catnappping (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- when one prefix just isn't enough...
Marc Velasco
- Heard on the Today show: "whuppin'"
Wilson Gray
- zero plurals?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Heard on The Judges: neither gone nor forgotten
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "vamp down on"
Wilson Gray
- Michael Phelps Syndrome
Benjamin Barrett
- pundints
Herb Stahlke
- Name-occupation consonance again
Joel S. Berson
- Noah the Lexicographer finds Republican candidates' words lack . . . definition
Dennis Baron
- Noah the Lexicographer finds Republican candidates' words lack . . . definition (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Google now doing on-the-fly OCR on scanned PDF images
Grant Barrett
- Pull the trigger on X = set plan X in motion
Neal Whitman
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