December 2009 Archives by date
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- New Academia.edu feature for ADS-L
Richard Price
- New Academia.edu feature for ADS-L
Joel S. Berson
- New Academia.edu feature for ADS-L
Benjamin Zimmer
- OT: The Prison Breaker
Robin Hamilton
- who's ever next
Joan H. Hall
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Your opinion of me..."
Jonathan Lighter
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
victor steinbok
- burny
victor steinbok
- burny
victor steinbok
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dave Wilton
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
victor steinbok
- shamen
Kari Castor
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
victor steinbok
- More on "soft-core pornography" antedating (1961)
Garson O'Toole
- More on "soft-core pornography" antedating (1961)
Laurence Horn
- More on "soft-core pornography" antedating (1961)
Gareth Branwyn
- Antedatings from 1754: corner (in whist) 1825-; epergne 1761-
Joel S. Berson
- More on "soft-core pornography" antedating (1961)
Garson O'Toole
- Language lessons: It ’s time for English teachers to stop teaching that the earth is flat
Dennis Baron
- twinkie defense antedating (23 May 1979)
Garson O'Toole
- Ungendered "he said-she said"?
David Bowie
- Ungendered "he said-she said"?
Laurence Horn
- Ungendered "he said-she said"?
Joel S. Berson
- "B-----y" and "f------g"
Jonathan Lighter
- Ungendered "he said-she said"?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Ungendered "he said-she said"?
Laurence Horn
- forever less one day (copyright term 1998 attrib Jack Valenti) live forever less a day (1917)
Garson O'Toole
- "B-----y" and "f------g"
Joel S. Berson
- Language lessons: It's time for English teachers to stop teaching that the earth is flat
Seán Fitzpatrick
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Q-Tips for Snowbirds
Murrah Lee
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Cougars, Pumas, and Cheetahs (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Language lessons: It's time for English teachers to stop teaching that the earth is flat
RonButters at AOL.COM
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
victor steinbok
- More bad (and I mean bad) language from olden days.
Jonathan Lighter
- gatecrashergate
victor steinbok
- gatecrashergate
Charles Doyle
- "Hiking the Appalachian Trail"
Shapiro, Fred
- "Hiking the Appalachian Trail"
Jesse Sheidlower
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
Garson O'Toole
- "Hiking the Appalachian Trail"
Dennis Baron
- Hiking the Appalachian Trail"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Hiking the Appalachian Trail"
Tom Zurinskas
- More bad (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- gatecrashergate & balloon boy
Joel S. Berson
- "Hiking the Appalachian Trail"
Joel S. Berson
- "Hiking the Appalachian Trail"
Dennis Baron
- The culinary significance of accents
Joel S. Berson
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
victor steinbok
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
Benjamin Zimmer
- More bad (and I mean bad) language from olden days.
Wilson Gray
- Teabag (was RE: more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED))
Gordon, Matthew J.
- Teabag (was RE: more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED))
Garson O'Toole
- Teabag (was RE: more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED))
Benjamin Zimmer
- Teabag (was RE: more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED))
Garson O'Toole
- "Keep your eye peeled" slight antedating (1848) "keep your eyes skinned" (1831)
Garson O'Toole
- partycrasher and gatecrasher
David Barnhart
- More bad (and I mean bad) language from olden days.
Jonathan Lighter
- More bad (and I mean bad) language from olden days.
Jesse Sheidlower
- More bad (and I mean bad) language from olden days.
Jonathan Lighter
- boo-hoovianism
Jonathan Lighter
- boo-hoovianism
Joel S. Berson
- boo-hoovianism
Jonathan Lighter
- "Keep your eye peeled" slight antedating (1848) "keep your eyes skinned" (1831)
Mark Mandel
- "Keep your eye peeled" slight antedating (1848) "keep your eyes skinned" (1831)
Jonathan Lighter
- "Keep your eye peeled" slight antedating (1848) "keep your eyes skinned" (1831)
Garson O'Toole
- boo-hoovianism
Alison Murie
- boo-hoovianism
Alison Murie
- Teabag (was RE: more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED))
victor steinbok
- "Hiking the Appalachian Trail"
Laurence Horn
- boo-hoovianism
Jonathan Lighter
- wanly and slavering
Joel S. Berson
- wanly and slavering
victor steinbok
- eerie
Jonathan Lighter
- more on -er (UNCLASSIFIED)
Seán Fitzpatrick
- eerie
Bill Palmer
- eerie
Bill Palmer
- eerie
Paul
- "Keep your eye peeled" slight antedating (1848) "keep your eyes skinned" (1831)
Alison Murie
- "for" = of
Jonathan Lighter
- More bad (and I mean bad) language from olden days.
Wilson Gray
- floggings will continue until morale improves (1988) firing (1977) no liberty (1966)
Garson O'Toole
- From the annals of bizarre metaphors
victor steinbok
- More bad (and I mean bad) language from olden days.
Herb Stahlke
- More bad (and I mean bad) language from olden days.
Laurence Horn
- More bad (and I mean bad) language from olden days.
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- floggings will continue until morale improves (1988) firing (1977) no liberty (1966)
Jonathan Lighter
- Bad girls speak
Jonathan Lighter
- OT: Adm. Byng -- reputed or disreputed?
Joel S. Berson
- OT: Adm. Byng -- reputed or disreputed?
Wilson Gray
- Bad girls speak
Wilson Gray
- floggings will continue until morale improves (1988) firing (1977) no liberty (1966)
Garson O'Toole
- floggings will continue until morale improves (1988) firing (1977) no liberty (1966)
Wilson Gray
- floggings will continue until morale improves (1988) firing (1977) no liberty (1966)
Jonathan Lighter
- From the annals of bizarre metaphors
Garson O'Toole
- From the annals of bizarre metaphors
Jonathan Lighter
- shawoman
Jonathan Lighter
- shawoman
George Thompson
- shawoman
Jonathan Lighter
- shawoman
Herb Stahlke
- Earliest "jazz" composition? (May 18, 1916)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Earliest "jazz" composition? (May 18, 1916)
Randy Alexander
- Earliest "jazz" composition? (May 18, 1916)
Jesse Sheidlower
- floggings will continue until morale improves (1988) firing (1977) no liberty (1966)
Seán Fitzpatrick
- shawoman
Barbara Need
- Earliest "jazz" composition? (May 18, 1916)
Benjamin Zimmer
- SNAFU
Jonathan Lighter
- Age [was: SNAFU]
Wilson Gray
- Snasu (Situation normal: all screwed up) (1941 Aug 18) (early snafu variant)
Garson O'Toole
- Heard on the judges, with apologies to Wilson
Herb Stahlke
- what
Brenda Lester
- what
Gordon, Matthew J.
- what
Joel S. Berson
- floggings will continue until morale improves (1988) firing (1977) no liberty (1966)
Wilson Gray
- Earliest "jazz" composition? (May 18, 1916)
George Thompson
- what
Eric Nielsen
- floggings will continue until morale improves
Joel S. Berson
- floggings will continue until morale improves
Wilson Gray
- floggings will continue until morale improves (1988) firing (1977) no liberty (1966)
Bill Palmer
- OED on "Jazz": all jazzed up
George Thompson
- An Expression of Civic Pride
George Thompson
- Snasu (Situation normal: all screwed up) (1941 Aug 18) (early snafu variant)
Shapiro, Fred
- Snasu (Situation normal: all screwed up) (1941 Aug 18) (early snafu variant)
Garson O'Toole
- "spox"
Dan Goodman
- Snasu (Situation normal: all screwed up) (1941 Aug 18) (early snafu variant)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Snasu (Situation normal: all screwed up) (1941 Aug 18) (early snafu variant)
Shapiro, Fred
- Snasu (Situation normal: all screwed up) (1941 Aug 18) (early snafu variant)
Shapiro, Fred
- Snasu (Situation normal: all screwed up) (1941 Aug 18) (early snafu variant)
Jesse Sheidlower
- Snasu (Situation normal: all screwed up) (1941 Aug 18) (early snafu variant)
Shapiro, Fred
- Snasu (Situation normal: all screwed up) (1941 Aug 18) (early snafu variant)
Jonathan Lighter
- "Keep your eye peeled" slight antedating (1848) "keep your eyes skinned" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- ambiguous sentence example
Neal Whitman
- ambiguous sentence example
Scot LaFaive
- ambiguous sentence example
Joel S. Berson
- what
Garson O'Toole
- ambiguous sentence example
Laurence Horn
- Heard on the judges, with apologies to Wilson
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: new-to-me trivial slang variant
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: new-to-me trivial slang variant
Laurence Horn
- Mau-Mauing
Baker, John
- Mau-Mauing
Baker, John
- "for" = of
Jonathan Lighter
- whipping words
Laurence Horn
- whipping words
Jonathan Lighter
- Of course, the attached is attached, duh.
David Barnhart
- whipping words
Joel S. Berson
- More information on NE Regional Meeting: April 2010
David Barnhart
- whipping words
Laurence Horn
- "for" = of
Charles Doyle
- whipping words
Garson O'Toole
- "for" = of
Jonathan Lighter
- assimilation?!?!
David Barnhart
- penmanship = "authorial skill"
Jonathan Lighter
- assimilation?!?!
Joel S. Berson
- penmanship = "authorial skill"
Joel S. Berson
- whipping words
Geoff Nathan
- WOTY nominee: Salahi, v.
Benjamin Zimmer
- WOTY nominee: Salahi, v.
Victor Steinbok
- assimilation?!?!
Mark Mandel
- whipping words
Laurence Horn
- "for" = of
Charles Doyle
- whipping words
Bill Palmer
- Where's the mondegreen database?
Joel S. Berson
- assimilation?!?!
Alison Murie
- btdub(s)
Benjamin Zimmer
- btdub(s)
Steve Kl.
- btdub(s)
Benjamin Zimmer
- btdub(s)
Laurence Horn
- Where's the mondegreen database?
Benjamin Zimmer
- btdub(s)
Geoff Nathan
- btdub(s)
Dennis Baron
- Call for papers: American Dialect Society Northeast Regional Meeting, Apr. 14-17, 2010
Grant Barrett
- Your word of the year/decade nominations?
Grant Barrett
- "for" = of
Jonathan Lighter
- "for" = of
Benjamin Barrett
- "for" = of
Jonathan Lighter
- "for" = of
Benjamin Barrett
- btdub(s)
Wilson Gray
- whipping words
Herb Stahlke
- whipping words
Herb Stahlke
- penmanship = "authorial skill"
Jonathan Lighter
- btdub(s)
Jonathan Lighter
- "for" = of
Joel S. Berson
- penmanship = "authorial skill"
Joel S. Berson
- "for" = of
Mark Mandel
- "for" = of
Jonathan Lighter
- "for" = of
Charles Doyle
- "for" = of
Joel S. Berson
- Where's the mondegreen database?
Joel S. Berson
- dub
Joan H. Hall
- mondegreens / Jackson beans
Joel S. Berson
- mondegreens / Jackson beans
Scot LaFaive
- mondegreens & Starbucks
Joel S. Berson
- dub
Wilson Gray
- "for" = of
Benjamin Barrett
- "for" = of
Jonathan Lighter
- "for" = of
Alison Murie
- gump
Randy Alexander
- "for" = of
Damien Hall
- Pre-Historic Evolution of the Bee's Knees
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Television"
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of Plot "Spoiler"
Shapiro, Fred
- gump
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Television"
Garson O'Toole
- Dub again
David A. Daniel
- mondegreens / Jackson beans
Mark Mandel
- mondegreens / Jackson beans
Bill Palmer
- mondegreens / Jackson beans
Laurence Horn
- mondegreens / Jackson beans
Bill Palmer
- Pre-Historic Evolution of the Bee's Knees
Seán Fitzpatrick
- mondegreens / Jackson beans
Tom Zurinskas
- tin ear department
Alison Murie
- tin ear department
Jonathan Lighter
- mondegreens / Jackson beans
Herb Stahlke
- mondegreens / Jackson beans
Benjamin Barrett
- mondegreens / Jackson beans
Herb Stahlke
- Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)
Garson O'Toole
- Art Hickman, Boyes Springs & Jazz -- long note
George Thompson
- Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)
Jonathan Lighter
- You got your X and you got your Y
Grant Barrett
- tin ear department
Tom Zurinskas
- You got your X and you got your Y
Tom Zurinskas
- Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)
Stephen Goranson
- Antedating of "Television"
Shapiro, Fred
- "for" = of
Joel S. Berson
- attribute . . . as"
Charles Doyle
- yippee, yipee antedating (the exclamation not the political group) (1906)
Garson O'Toole
- "regaling in"
Herb Stahlke
- "scoff" (tr.)
Charles Doyle
- regional "most the CN"?
Laurence Horn
- "scoff" (tr.)
Robin Hamilton
- regional "most the CN"?
Charles Doyle
- regional "most the CN"?
Benjamin Barrett
- regional "most the CN"?
Laurence Horn
- regional "most the CN"?
Joel S. Berson
- regional "most the CN"?
Laurence Horn
- regional "most the CN"?
Joel S. Berson
- Odd rhyme claim
Jonathan Lighter
- attribute . . . as"
Jonathan Lighter
- Odd rhyme claim
Alice Faber
- Odd rhyme claim
Karl Hagen
- Odd rhyme claim
David Bergdahl
- attribute . . . as"
James Harbeck
- Odd rhyme claim
Jonathan Lighter
- You got your X and you got your Y
Douglas G. Wilson
- Odd rhyme claim
Tom Zurinskas
- Odd rhyme claim
Jerome Foster
- Odd rhyme claim
Joel S. Berson
- Odd rhyme claim
Paul Johnston
- Odd rhyme claim
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)
Garson O'Toole
- You got your X and you got your Y
Grant Barrett
- Say goodbye to the decade with no name
Dennis Baron
- Antedating Proverb "once bit twice shy" (1806) "singed" (1837)
Garson O'Toole
- Antedating Proverb "once bit twice shy" (1806) "singed" (1837)
Jesse Sheidlower
- Odd rhyme claim
Tom Zurinskas
- Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)
Jonathan Lighter
- Odd rhyme claim
Jonathan Lighter
- "scoff" (tr.)
Amy West
- Odd rhyme claim
Amy West
- Odd rhyme claim
Geoff Nathan
- Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)
Jonathan Lighter
- Odd rhyme claim
Joel S. Berson
- Fred's list of QOTY
Laurence Horn
- Odd rhyme claim
Jonathan Lighter
- Odd rhyme claim
Jonathan Lighter
- Odd rhyme claim
Joel S. Berson
- Odd rhyme claim
Laurence Horn
- Odd rhyme claim
Jonathan Lighter
- Odd rhyme claim
Jonathan Lighter
- Fred's list of QOTY (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Odd rhyme claim
Paul Johnston
- Odd rhyme claim
Jonathan Lighter
- Fred's list of QOTY (UNCLASSIFIED)
Shapiro, Fred
- Odd rhyme claim
Alison Murie
- eggcorn candidate: "center meters"
Laurence Horn
- Odd rhyme claim
Tom Zurinskas
- Odd rhyme claim
Tom Zurinskas
- Odd rhyme claim
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating Proverb "once bit twice shy" (1806) "singed" (1837)
Garson O'Toole
- Odd rhyme claim
Tom Zurinskas
- Say goodbye to the decade with no name
Russ McClay
- Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)
Garson O'Toole
- Odd rhyme claim
Paul A Johnston, Jr.
- Odd rhyme claim
Jonathan Lighter
- CATO -- acronym?
wordmall
- Odd rhyme claim
Damien Hall
- Odd rhyme claim - stress
Tom Zurinskas
- Say goodbye to the decade with no name
Tom Zurinskas
- CATO -- acronym?
Randy Alexander
- regional "most the CN"?
Joel S. Berson
- eggcorn candidate: "center meters"
Herb Stahlke
- CATO -- acronym?
Herb Stahlke
- regional "most the CN"?
Herb Stahlke
- eggcorn candidate: "center meters"
Laurence Horn
- hierophany
Jonathan Lighter
- Say goodbye to the decade with no name
Seán Fitzpatrick
- "centre metres" (was: eggcorn candidate: "center meters")
Damien Hall
- eggcorn candidate: "center meters"
Joel S. Berson
- Say goodbye to the decade with no name
Joel S. Berson
- regional "most the CN"?
Joel S. Berson
- "centre metres" (was: eggcorn candidate: "center meters")
Laurence Horn
- "centre metres"
Joel S. Berson
- eggcorn candidate: "center meters"
Laurence Horn
- "center meters"
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)
Ken Hirsch
- "center meters"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)
Jim Parish
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Joel S. Berson
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Jonathan Lighter
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Wilson Gray
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Bill Palmer
- "centre metres"
Wilson Gray
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Laurence Horn
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Jonathan Lighter
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Joel S. Berson
- CATO -- acronym?
Garson O'Toole
- Antedating Quote "history is written by the victor" (1919)
Garson O'Toole
- "like none other"
Jonathan Lighter
- "like none other"
Jonathan Lighter
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Jonathan Lighter
- Say goodbye to the decade with no name
Joel S. Berson
- "like none other"
Joel S. Berson
- Dialexicon: map of US accents by county
Damien Hall
- Dialexicon: map of US accents by county
Damien Hall
- Dialexicon: map of US accents by county
Gordon, Matthew J.
- Say goodbye to the decade with no name
Laurence Horn
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Laurence Horn
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"---(venery)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "like none other"
Wilson Gray
- OT: Dialexicon: map of US accents by county
Joel S. Berson
- "like none other"
Jonathan Lighter
- CATO -- acronym?
Mark Mandel
- atheist
Herb Stahlke
- Say goodbye to the decade with no name
Mark Mandel
- "like none other"
Mark Mandel
- atheist
Mark Mandel
- atheist
Herb Stahlke
- atheist
Joel S. Berson
- atheist
Victor Steinbok
- atheist
Laurence Horn
- Yale Book of Quotations in New York Times
Shapiro, Fred
- atheist
Jesse Sheidlower
- Yale Book of Quotations in New York Times
Bill Palmer
- "like none other"
Jonathan Lighter
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Jonathan Lighter
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Laurence Horn
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Randall Gess
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Jonathan Lighter
- atheist
Jonathan Lighter
- BrE/AmE words of the year
Lynne Murphy
- BrE/AmE words of the year
joelj at sas.upenn.edu
- Genesisic
Jonathan Lighter
- atheist
Dave Wilton
- A new collective noun: "astonishment"
Laurence Horn
- atheist
Laurence Horn
- atheist
Jonathan Lighter
- atheist
Dave Wilton
- rhyme
Charles Doyle
- atheist
Joel S. Berson
- BrE/AmE "go missing"
Joel S. Berson
- atheist
Jonathan Lighter
- BrE/AmE "go missing"
Jonathan Lighter
- rhyme
Jonathan Lighter
- Dialexicon: map of US accents by county
Damien Hall
- Not-quite new word: snowpocalypse
Alice Faber
- BrE/AmE "go missing"
Joel S. Berson
- rhyme
Joel S. Berson
- BrE/AmE words of the year
Michael Quinion
- BrE/AmE "go missing"
Laurence Horn
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Gordon, Matthew J.
- BrE/AmE words of the year
Bill Palmer
- atheist
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- atheist
Jonathan Lighter
- atheist
Mark Mandel
- BrE/AmE "go missing"
Robin Hamilton
- Buzzwords of 2009
Grant Barrett
- Yale Book of Quotations in New York Times
Benjamin Zimmer
- Yale Book of Quotations in New York Times
Sam Clements
- BrE/AmE "go missing"
Tony Au
- atheist
Robin Hamilton
- atheist
Dave Wilton
- atheist
Dave Wilton
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Wilson Gray
- BrE/AmE "go missing"
Wilson Gray
- Genesisic
Wilson Gray
- BrE/AmE words of the year
Victor Steinbok
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Gordon, Matthew J.
- atheist
Herb Stahlke
- atheist
Scot LaFaive
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Randall Gess
- atheist
Baker, John
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Herb Stahlke
- pronunciation of letter "t" in USA
Tom Zurinskas
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Tony Au
- lexicological progress at the end of the double-aughts
Laurence Horn
- eggcorn alert
Victor Steinbok
- Early 2009 WOTY nominations posted
Grant Barrett
- oops
Laurence Horn
- Affix of the decade
Scot LaFaive
- Affix of the decade
Scot LaFaive
- Affix of the decade
Laurence Horn
- atheist
Laurence Horn
- Affix of the decade
Grant Barrett
- Neutrality is spreading
Wilson Gray
- Affix of the decade
Herb Stahlke
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Tom Zurinskas
- Re: [ADS-L] oops
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Gordon, Matthew J.
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Tom Zurinskas
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Tony Au
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Paul Johnston
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Tom Zurinskas
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Tom Zurinskas
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Herb Stahlke
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Randall Gess
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Tom Zurinskas
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Say goodbye to the decade with no name
Joel S. Berson
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Geoff Nathan
- atheist
Seán Fitzpatrick
- atheist
Robin Hamilton
- Fronted high back vowel /u/
Tom Zurinskas
- new -er
Victor Steinbok
- Dialexicon: map of US accents by county
Dan Goodman
- new -er
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- new -er
Benjamin Zimmer
- Dialexicon: map of US accents by county
Tom Zurinskas
- new -er
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- antedating "black hole" - coined by Robert Dicke?
Jonathan Lighter
- antedating "black hole" - coined by Robert Dicke?
Benjamin Zimmer
- antedating "black hole" - coined by Robert Dicke?
Shapiro, Fred
- "Keep your eye peeled" slight antedating (1848) "keep your eyes skinned" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- "Keep your eye peeled" slight antedating (1848) "keep your eyes skinned" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- Heard on CNBC
Michael Sheehan
- Heard on CNBC
Mark Mandel
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Michael Sheehan
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Benjamin Barrett
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Laurence Horn
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Mark Mandel
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Alice Faber
- "eggnog" roundup
Benjamin Zimmer
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Victor Steinbok
- "eggnog" roundup
Laurence Horn
- eerie
Jonathan Lighter
- Ben Zimmer in U.S.News
Walsh, Barclay
- eerie
Wilson Gray
- eerie
Jonathan Lighter
- Christmas Eve Antedating : "Humbug"
Shapiro, Fred
- Christmas Eve Antedating : "Humbug"
Wilson Gray
- Ben Zimmer in U.S.News
Randy Alexander
- Antedating of "Hooligan"
Shapiro, Fred
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Seán Fitzpatrick
- I before E except when it's not
David A. Daniel
- I before E except when it's not
Laurence Horn
- I before E except when it's not
Tom Zurinskas
- I before E except when it's not
Benjamin Zimmer
- I before E except when it's not
Laurence Horn
- I before E except when it's not
David A. Daniel
- I before E except when it's not
Joel S. Berson
- I before E except when it's not
Wilson Gray
- How collaborative is the OED?
Joel S. Berson
- How collaborative is the OED?
Shapiro, Fred
- I before E except when it's not
Tom Zurinskas
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Alison Murie
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Benjamin Barrett
- "quick" and "the quick" = living
Joel S. Berson
- What Yiddish usage tells us about American Jewry
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- I before E except when it's not
Tom Zurinskas
- WOTY candidate: _fracket_
Laurence Horn
- "The whole nine yards of uniform" [1965]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- slight antedating of Benedictine's slogan
Laurence Horn
- College commencement needs phonetic names of Hooders
Tom Zurinskas
- WOTY candidate: _fracket_
Benjamin Zimmer
- How collaborative is the OED?
Jesse Sheidlower
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Alison Murie
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Robin Hamilton
- How collaborative is the OED?
Joel S. Berson
- How collaborative is the OED?
Jesse Sheidlower
- TSA bans reading on international flights
Dennis Baron
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- TSA bans reading on international flights
Steve Kl.
- TSA bans reading on international flights
Steve Kl.
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Laurence Horn
- some key words of the decade
Tom Zurinskas
- The Noughties
David A. Daniel
- The Noughties
Laurence Horn
- Verbs and nouns of the decade in NYT
Damien Hall
- The Cock o' The South
Wilson Gray
- The Noughties
Tom Zurinskas
- some key words of the decade (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- WOTY candidate: _fracket_
Laurence Horn
- How collaborative is the OED? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Further Antedating of "Real McCoy"
Shapiro, Fred
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Seán Fitzpatrick
- some key words of the decade
Seán Fitzpatrick
- The Quick and the Dead
Eric Nielsen
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Joel S. Berson
- Further Antedating of "Real McCoy"
Jonathan Lighter
- Seen in thread on "fracket"
David Barnhart
- doughboy = "British soldier of World War I."
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Alison Murie
- Seen in thread on "fracket"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Singular or plural?
Bill Palmer
- Singular or plural?
Scot LaFaive
- Singular or plural?
Laurence Horn
- Singular or plural?
Herb Stahlke
- Singular or plural?
Randy Alexander
- Singular or plural?
Randy Alexander
- in/on the cards
Randy Alexander
- Job Opening in Linguistics / Applied Linguistics
Margaret Lee
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Benjamin Barrett
- in/on the cards
Joel S. Berson
- Fwd: Ouakaka or Ouakalke
Joel S. Berson
- atheist
Bethany Dumas
- atheist
Scot LaFaive
- Seen in thread on "fracket"
Charles Doyle
- atheist
Bethany Dumas
- atheist
Joel S. Berson
- atheist
Wilson Gray
- Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings
Seán Fitzpatrick
- atheist
Bethany Dumas
- "gun play"?
Chris Waigl
- atheist
Joel S. Berson
- in/on the cards
Randy Alexander
- atheist
Robin Hamilton
- "gun play"?
Wilson Gray
- in/on the cards
Wilson Gray
- atheist
Mark Mandel
- "gun play"?
Dave Hause
- atheist
Joel S. Berson
- Quick meaning alive (was: Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings)
David Bowie
- atheist
Bethany Dumas
- Singular or plural?
James Smith
- assorted comments
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Singular or plural?
Randy Alexander
- Fred Shapiro on NPR's "All Things Considered" (12/30/09)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- "gun play"?
Jonathan Lighter
- Singular or plural?
James Smith
- "gun play"?
Laurence Horn
- "equal access"
Joel S. Berson
- "gun play"?
George Thompson
- Singular or plural?
Laurence Horn
- Connotation loss
Seán Fitzpatrick
- Art Hickman, Boyes Springs & Jazz -- long note
Benjamin Zimmer
- "equal access" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Art Hickman, Boyes Springs & Jazz -- long note
Jonathan Lighter
- "gun play"?
Wilson Gray
- "gun play"?
Robin Hamilton
- Art Hickman, Boyes Springs & Jazz -- long note
George Thompson
- Art Hickman, Boyes Springs & Jazz -- long note
Wilson Gray
- Art Hickman, Boyes Springs & Jazz
George Thompson
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