April 2009 Archives by thread
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- Labov (rhymes with "above" etc.)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Labov
Victor
- "daguerreotype" from 1830?
Victor
- -stans
Victor
- sumetary
Tom Zurinskas
- Variable LABOV
RonButters at AOL.COM
- proper dialects
Tom Zurinskas
- Fwd: Analyze word and phrase frequency
James Harbeck
- Analyze word and phrase frequency
Tom Zurinskas
- An M.A. in Facebook
Dennis Baron
- genericide (1972)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Snatching [victory/defeat] from the jaws of [defeat/victory]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- The Elements of Style turns 50. If you're celebrating, make sure to use the active voice
Dennis Baron
- A reminder of the good old days
Wilson Gray
- Is English like javascript
Tom Zurinskas
- Antedating: "selectman", 1642, 1643 (OED 2nd ed., 1646)
Joel S. Berson
- Snatching [victory/defeat] from the jaws of [defeat/victory] (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- molasses sg/pl - dialectal variation?
James Harbeck
- a slur upon the name of Thompson
George Thompson
- help with counting phonemes
Lois Nathan
- 7-Eleven
Charles Doyle
- A Unique Eggcorn?
Doug Harris
- (in)communicado
Victor
- "snap"
Mark Mandel
- -tor again
Herb Stahlke
- Fwd: A Unique Eggcorn?
Arnold Zwicky
- Spoonerisms
Wilson Gray
- postvocalic /l/ intrusion
Charles Doyle
- "Data rot"
Wilson Gray
- I do not think that word means what you think it means
Mark Mandel
- Detroit lawyer demoted for calling court "ghetto"
Grant Barrett
- Heard on Jerry Springer: "the bird is the word"
Wilson Gray
- discomforted--new eggcorn?
Herb Stahlke
- FW: Re: I do not think that word means what you think it means (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- I do not think that word means what you think it means (UNCLASSIFIED)
Arnold Zwicky
- Personal invitation from Frank DiSalle
Frank DiSalle
- boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)
Benjamin Zimmer
- boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)
Charles Doyle
- boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)
Wilson Gray
- boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)
Mark Mandel
- boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)
Benjamin Zimmer
- boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)
Wilson Gray
- boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)
Paul Johnston
- boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)
Benjamin Zimmer
- boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)
Laurence Horn
- boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)
Joel S. Berson
- boo (interj. 1800, v. 1833)
Geoffrey S. Nathan
- Heard on The Judges: BE "nary a"
Wilson Gray
- incidence for incident--eggcorn or confusion?
Herb Stahlke
- Assorted comments
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Jesse on NPR talking about the origin of "pink slip"
Sam Clements
- r
Tom Zurinskas
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- X-napping
Victor
- portmanteau
Tom Zurinskas
- Tar heels [1846]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- relish in and plummaging, possible eggcorns?
Herb Stahlke
- Antedating of "Tarheel" Meaning North Carolinian
Shapiro, Fred
- battleship
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- lookit
Arnold Zwicky
- LINGUIST List
Arnold Zwicky
- "Text 'M' for Murder"
Dennis Baron
- Historic Australian newspapers database (1803-1954)
taylor-blake at nc.rr.com
- wait = never
Arnold Zwicky
- ADS-L Digest - 12 Apr 2009 to 13 Apr 2009 (#2009-104)
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- ADS-L Digest - 12 Apr 2009 to 13 Apr 2009 (#2009-104) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- collapsar
Mark Mandel
- basketful
Arnold Zwicky
- "pluperfect hell"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- "pluperfect hell" -- PS
Geoffrey Nunberg
- On Watson's Critique of Truespel Book One
Tom Zurinskas
- L-Soft Choice Awards 2008-09
Michael Quinion
- "Octomom" seeks trademark
Benjamin Zimmer
- Heard on The Judges: another feature of St. Louis BE
Wilson Gray
- Hamburgers
David A. Daniel
- Hospital Sign: 'Admittance' -- on LI Lolita Story on TV
Doug Harris
- "texted" redux
Benjamin Zimmer
- "gratuitous" = 'free' ?
Mark Mandel
- <CTRL>, <ALT>, and especially <DELETE>: Proposed Cyberczar can't unplug the internet (but the president could)
Dennis Baron
- baggage smashers
George Thompson
- P's and Q's, 1756...
Stephen Goranson
- Early texting?
Joel S. Berson
- "pebbledash" -- WOTY?
Joel S. Berson
- right-sizing
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Fwd: ADS-L access problem (was: Re: early texting?)
Grant Barrett
- tootsie, 1847
George Thompson
- "aqua-fortis" as liquor [Was: Early texting?]
Joel S. Berson
- waxing_____________?
Alison Murie
- a precursor to Tom Z
George Thompson
- P's and Q's points and questions
Stephen Goranson
- "Going on a binge"?
Joel S. Berson
- ADS-L on Language Log
Arnold Zwicky
- "gohr" not in English dictionaries?
Joel S. Berson
- "gohr" not in English dictionaries? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "practices"
Charles Doyle
- Heard on Law & Order: "a-loose" vs. "loose" redux
Wilson Gray
- Owlworks-Archangul publications
Matthew Gordon
- April 23 is Talk Like Shakespeare Day in Chicago, methinks
Dennis Baron
- is "more so than" moving in on "more than"?
Mark Mandel
- "helter-skelterism" 1890 (not in OED)
Joel S. Berson
- an unrecorded sense of "suction"
George Thompson
- Craigslist Killer
Scot LaFaive
- a third Th. Dekker "P. and Q."
Stephen Goranson
- Sign off ADL-S
Nora Beamish-Lannon
- bilbo (was P & Q)
Amy West
- P & Q
Amy West
- P. and Q. 1645, and editor's prince and queen
Stephen Goranson
- bilbo (and P & Q)
Joel S. Berson
- Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Tom Zurinskas
- "Our Mutual Friend"?
Joel S. Berson
- the Welsh village (was: the New England lake)
Laurence Horn
- Welsh hype
Joel S. Berson
- Forbes special report on neologisms
Benjamin Zimmer
- Linguistics adjuncting in Florida
David Bowie
- 2010 ANS Call for Proposals
Terry Irons
- Scrub Stock
Victor
- "In event of moon disaster" and other speeches our presidents never gave
Dennis Baron
- fib, lie, statistics, and Charles Dilke
Stephen Goranson
- Q: Newspaper dating by EAN?
Joel S. Berson
- "stock full of" < "chock full of"
Mark Mandel
- "cooperate" for "corporate"
Arnold Zwicky
- K äppi -- end piece of bread?
Michael Sheehan
- Wiskinkie etymology --- (relevance for "skeezicks")
Gerald Cohen
- Yahoo! Auto Response
David Black
- reticent
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- the imparseable dream
Mark Mandel
- "speculative fiction" antedating
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- losing/having the bubble
Arnold Zwicky
- Webster's Family Encyclopedia
Tom Zurinskas
- ontray
Herb Stahlke
- NYTimes.com: A Long Wait for Another Shot at Broadway
Ann Burlingham
- Is this an eggcorn?
Bill Palmer
- Become with Passive Voice
Baker, John
- "range" as a unit of liquid measure?
Joel S. Berson
- Q: Kanji for "gossip"?
Joel S. Berson
- peoplefy
Victor
- "handsy" in the wild
Victor
- Supreme Court damns expletives on the air, fleeting or repeated, once and for all, at least for now
Dennis Baron
- quoted with comments
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- themselfs / themselve
Arnold Zwicky
- MADtv on the lexicography of slang
Benjamin Zimmer
- "store" 'restaurant'
Arnold Zwicky
- "Walk the talk" antedated to 1957
Neal Whitman
- Heard on The Judges: has made me aware > have _awared_ me
Wilson Gray
- uhn huhn interjected
David K. Barnhart
- Walk the Walk
Michael Sheehan
- Well Fracking
Bill Palmer
- "restaurant"
Arnold Zwicky
- l Benson
Paul
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