January 2009 Archives by subject
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Ending: Sat Jan 31 21:48:27 UTC 2009
Messages: 709
- "bawdy" = rowdy and sardonic?
Jonathan Lighter
- "both"/"each"
Arnold Zwicky
- "Break bad": 2; "break nasty": 0
Wilson Gray
- "Break bad": 2; "break nasty": 0
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Break bad": 2; "break nasty": 0
Jonathan Lighter
- "bring her to Limerick" 1862 and Limericks
Stephen Goranson
- "bring her to Limerick" 1862 and Limericks
Jonathan Lighter
- "bring her to Limerick" 1862 and Limericks
Stephen Goranson
- "bring her to Limerick" 1862 and Limericks
Jonathan Lighter
- "bring her to Limerick" 1862 and Limericks
Douglas G. Wilson
- "bring her to Limerick" 1862 and Limericks
Stephen Goranson
- "bumfuck"?
Joel S. Berson
- "bumfuck"?
Joel S. Berson
- "bumfuck"?
Jesse Sheidlower
- "bumfuck"?
Joel S. Berson
- "bumfuck"?
Laurence Horn
- "bumfuck"?
Joel S. Berson
- "bumfuck"?
Jesse Sheidlower
- "close line"
Arnold Zwicky
- "close line"
Laurence Horn
- "come to Limerick" antedate and Limerick (verse) etymology suggestion
Stephen Goranson
- "come to Limerick" antedate and Limerick (verse) etymology suggestion
Sam Clements
- "come to Limerick" antedate and Limerick (verse) etymology suggestion
Stephen Goranson
- "come to Limerick" antedate and Limerick (verse) etymology suggestion (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "come to Limerick" antedate and Limerick (verse) etymology suggestion (UNCLASSIFIED)
Stephen Goranson
- "come to Limerick" antedate and Limerick (verse) etymology suggestion (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- "come to Limerick" antedate and Limerick (verse) etymology suggestion (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- "come to Limerick" antedate and Limerick (verse) etymology suggestion (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Limerick" in 1880?
Shapiro, Fred
- "Limerick stanza" 1896 image
Stephen Goranson
- "Limerick stanza" 1896 image
John-Patrick
- "Make My Day"
Shapiro, Fred
- "mixmash" eggcorn?
Arnold Zwicky
- "mixmash" eggcorn?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "mixmash" eggcorn?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "mixmash" eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- "mixmash" eggcorn?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "mixmash" eggcorn?
Joel S. Berson
- "mixmash" eggcorn?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "mixmash" eggcorn?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Murphy's law" 1951 and 1952
Stephen Goranson
- "Murphy's law" 1951 and 1952
Jonathan Lighter
- "narrative"; PLUS script = to present, portray, interpret, etc....
Jonathan Lighter
- "No law west of..."
Jonathan Lighter
- "No law west of..."
Sam Clements
- "No law west of..."
Jonathan Lighter
- "No law west of..."
Wilson Gray
- "Palpable" for Palatable
Brian Hitchcock
- "parse" without direct object
Herb Stahlke
- "parse" without direct object
Laurence Horn
- "parse" without direct object
Herb Stahlke
- "power"
Jonathan Lighter
- "power"
Benjamin Barrett
- "power"
Jonathan Lighter
- "power"
Benjamin Barrett
- "power"
Victor
- "power"
Jonathan Lighter
- "primer seisin" not in OED
Joel S. Berson
- "primer seisin" not in OED
Shapiro, Fred
- "primer seisin" not in OED
Joel S. Berson
- "Red Mail"; not in OED
George Thompson
- "rough around the ages"
Arnold Zwicky
- "rough around the ages"
Laurence Horn
- "rough around the ages"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "rough around the ages"
Laurence Horn
- "rough around the ages"
Ann Burlingham
- "rough around the ages"
Ann Burlingham
- "rough around the ages"
Arnold Zwicky
- "rough around the ages"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "that" omission on Language Log
Arnold Zwicky
- "that" ~ zero
Arnold Zwicky
- "that" ~ zero
Mark Davies
- "that" ~ zero
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "that" ~ zero
Arnold Zwicky
- "the google"
Amy West
- "the google" noun was Re: Re: Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Amy West
- "the google" noun was Re: Re: Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Benjamin Zimmer
- "the google" noun was Re: Re: Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Benjamin Zimmer
- "the google" noun was Re: Re: Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Dave Wilton
- "War is Hell"
Jonathan Lighter
- "War is Hell"
Baker, John
- "War is Hell"
Jonathan Lighter
- "War is Hell"
Laurence Horn
- "War is Hell"
Wilson Gray
- "Wine" gallon vs. "imperial" gallon
Wilson Gray
- "Wine" gallon vs. "imperial" gallon
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Wine" gallon vs. "imperial" gallon
Doug Harris
- "Wine" gallon vs. "imperial" gallon
Mark Mandel
- "work construction" 'do construction work'
Chris Waigl
- "work construction" 'do construction work'
Arnold Zwicky
- "work construction" 'do construction work'
Mark Davies
- "work construction" 'do construction work'
Mark Davies
- "Wreck & ruin"
Bill Palmer
- "Wreck & ruin"
Arnold Zwicky
- (will/won't you) come (up/down) to Limerick (town)?
Stephen Goranson
- **correction** Re: [ADS-L] possible ID of "Murphy's Law" user in 1951/1949-50 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Stephen Goranson
- -body vs. -one
Murrah Lee
- -body vs. -one
Laurence Horn
- -body vs. -one
RonButters at AOL.COM
- -body vs. -one
Mark Davies
- -body vs. -one
Dan Goodman
- -body vs. -one
Wilson Gray
- -body vs. -one
Laurence Horn
- -body vs. -one
Doug Harris
- -body vs. -one
William Salmon
- -body vs. -one
Paul Johnston
- -body vs. -one
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- -body vs. -one
Arnold Zwicky
- -body vs. -one
Ann Burlingham
- Re: [ADS-L] Heard o n The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- [ADS-L] positive pola rity "can help it"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
RonButters at AOL.COM
- [spam] Re: ACTRESS vs. WAITRESS
Dave Wilton
- [spam] Re: ACTRESS vs. WAITRESS
Mark Mandel
- A "killack" in 1648?
Joel S. Berson
- A "killack" in 1648?
Douglas G. Wilson
- A "killack" in 1648?
Jonathan Lighter
- A "killack" in 1648?
Joel S. Berson
- ABX
Benjamin Barrett
- ABX
Benjamin Zimmer
- ABX
Mark Mandel
- Accents in the courtroom, 1841
George Thompson
- A Couple of Resources
Baker, John
- a couple of WOTY sleepers
Victor
- a couple of WOTY sleepers
Joel S. Berson
- a couple of WOTY sleepers
David Bowie
- ACTRESS vs. WAITRESS
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- ACTRESS vs. WAITRESS
RonButters at AOL.COM
- ACTRESS vs. WAITRESS
Mark Mandel
- ACTRESS vs. WAITRESS
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- ACTRESS vs. WAITRESS
Mark Mandel
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Jan 2009 to 25 Jan 2009 (#2009-26)
Amy West
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Jan 2009 to 25 Jan 2009 (#2009-26)
Laurence Horn
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Jan 2009 to 25 Jan 2009 (#2009-26)
Jesse Sheidlower
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Jan 2009 to 25 Jan 2009 (#2009-26)
Wilson Gray
- ADS-L Digest - 27 Jan 2009 to 28 Jan 2009 (#2009-29)
Your Name
- ADS-L Digest - 2 Jan 2009 to 3 Jan 2009 (#2009-4)
Your Name
- ADS-L Digest - 31 Dec 2008 to 1 Jan 2009 (#2009-2)
Your Name
- ADS-L Digest - 31 Dec 2008 to 1 Jan 2009 (#2009-2)
Dan Goodman
- ADS-L Digest - 31 Dec 2008 to 1 Jan 2009 (#2009-2)
Wilson Gray
- ADS WOTY 08: bailout
Benjamin Zimmer
- A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries (Vol I): Coleman
Mark Mandel
- Allan Metcalf on NPR
Kathryn Remlinger
- An Eggcorn in the Wild
Doug Harris
- An Eggcorn in the Wild
Laurence Horn
- A note on black naming practices
Amy West
- A note on black naming practices
Laurence Horn
- A note on black naming practices
Wilson Gray
- A note on black naming practices (3)
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- another "bare PST/PSP"
Arnold Zwicky
- another "bare PST/PSP"
Arnold Zwicky
- another "bare PST/PSP"
Wilson Gray
- another "bare PST/PSP"
Victor
- another "bare PST/PSP"
Victor
- another "bare PST/PSP"
Arnold Zwicky
- Antedating "and them"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating "and them"
Herb Stahlke
- Antedating "and them"
Victor
- antedating "Limerick" (rhyme) Feb. 3, 1896
Stephen Goranson
- antedating "three kinds of falsehood...statistics" June 8, 1891
Stephen Goranson
- antedating "three kinds of falsehood...statistics" June 8, 1891
Shapiro, Fred
- antedating "three kinds of falsehood...statistics" June 8, 1891
Stephen Goranson
- antedating "three kinds of falsehood...statistics" June 8, 1891
Douglas G. Wilson
- Antedating of "Communist"
Shapiro, Fred
- antedating of "Egyptology" 1841
Stephen Goranson
- antedating of 'ho' -- from an unexpected speaker, too
Doug Harris
- antedating of 'ho' -- from an unexpected speaker, too
Benjamin Barrett
- antedating of 'ho' -- from an unexpected speaker, too
Gregory McNamee
- Antedating of Teddy Bear(s) 1905
Sam Clements
- Antedating of Teddy Bear(s) 1905
Shapiro, Fred
- Antedating of Teddy Bear(s) 1905 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Antedatings of rule regarding coordination and quotation?
Neal Whitman
- Antedatings of rule regarding coordination and quotation?
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Antedatings of rule regarding coordination and quotation?
Wilson Gray
- Antedatings of rule regarding coordination and quotation?
Arnold Zwicky
- a rascal with a nice name
George Thompson
- ASSORTED COMMENTS
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Australian WOTY nominees (Macquarie)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Australian WOTY nominees (Macquarie)
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Australian WOTY nominees (Macquarie)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Baby father
Michael Quinion
- Baby father
Jesse Sheidlower
- Bale Out vs. Bail Out
Carter Rila
- Barry, the Yale News, and Hamburgers
Sam Clements
- behemothic
Jonathan Lighter
- behemothic
Laurence Horn
- behemothic
Joel S. Berson
- behemothic
Mark Mandel
- Best-Known Jack Handey "Deep Thoughts"?
Shapiro, Fred
- Best-Known Jack Handey "Deep Thoughts"?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Best-Known Jack Handey "Deep Thoughts"?
Scot LaFaive
- bounty = "splendid abundance"
Jonathan Lighter
- bounty = "splendid abundance"
Joel S. Berson
- bounty = "splendid abundance"
Wilson Gray
- bounty = "splendid abundance"
Herb Stahlke
- bounty = "splendid abundance"
Jonathan Lighter
- bounty = "splendid abundance"
Jonathan Lighter
- bounty = "splendid abundance"
Wilson Gray
- bounty = "splendid abundance"
Wilson Gray
- bounty = "splendid abundance"
Joel S. Berson
- call, click or stop by
Benjamin Barrett
- call, click or stop by
Benjamin Zimmer
- Call for papers: American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2010, Baltimore
Grant Barrett
- Cap'n Johnson's Pyrate Rhetorick
Jonathan Lighter
- charlatans and quacks
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Chicago winter -- chicagotribune.com
Paul
- Congress becomes gender-neutral
Jesse Sheidlower
- Congress becomes gender-neutral
Joel S. Berson
- Conjunctive WHICH (... Living Like Jesus)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- convince/persuade to
Arnold Zwicky
- convince and persuade
RonButters at AOL.COM
- convince and persuade
Wilson Gray
- convince and persuade
Laurence Horn
- convince and persuade
Arnold Zwicky
- convince and persuade
Wilson Gray
- Copy of 1980 "yuppie" from Chicago Magazine
Grant Barrett
- Copy of 1980 "yuppie" from Chicago Magazine
Jesse Sheidlower
- Correction: Call for papers: American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2010, Baltimore
Grant Barrett
- Corrections to Web Addresses in Towns and Townships Postings
Carter Rila
- Cuckoo for snowclone puffs
Mark Peters
- dangers of dialect
Arnold Zwicky
- dangers of dialect
Tom Zurinskas
- dangers of dialect
Gordon, Matthew J.
- dangers of dialect
RonButters at AOL.COM
- dangers of dialect
John McChesney-Young
- dangers of dialect
Tom Zurinskas
- dangers of dialect
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- dangers of dialect
Mark Mandel
- dangers of dialect
Tom Zurinskas
- dangers of dialect
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- dangers of dialect-LION and LINE
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Double-Tap (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Early attrib. of "War is hell" to Sherman
Jonathan Lighter
- Early attrib. of "War is hell" to Sherman
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Early attrib. of "War is hell" to Sherman
Jonathan Lighter
- eggcorn
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Eggcorn? "push as come to shove"
Wilson Gray
- eggcorn or cupertino?
Victor
- Eggcorns?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorns?
Arnold Zwicky
- Eggcorns?
Chris Waigl
- Eggcorns?
Wilson Gray
- Eliminating masculine pronouns, Congressional old boys network goes gender-neutral
Dennis Baron
- English First - Nashville
David Metevia
- English First - Nashville
Wilson Gray
- English First - Nashville
Doug Harris
- English First - Nashville
Benjamin Barrett
- English First - Nashville
Dave Wilton
- English First - Nashville
Laurence Horn
- English First - Nashville
Laurence Horn
- English First - Nashville
Dennis Baron
- English First - Nashville
Laurence Horn
- English First - Nashville
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- English First - Nashville
Wilson Gray
- English First - Nashville
Dave Wilton
- English First - Nashville
Randy Alexander
- English First - Nashville
Salikoko Mufwene
- etymology is no picnic
James Harbeck
- Evans address?
Mark Mandel
- F-Word update: Want to help?
Neal Whitman
- financial "haircut" (1955)
Benjamin Zimmer
- flyting and rap
Amy West
- flyting and rap
Dave Wilton
- flyting and rap
Laurence Horn
- flyting and rap
Wilson Gray
- flyting and rap
Laurence Horn
- flyting and rap
Wilson Gray
- flyting and rap
Jonathan Lighter
- flyting and rap
Jonathan Lighter
- flyting and rap
Wilson Gray
- flyting and rap
Amy West
- flyting and rap
Jonathan Lighter
- flyting and rap
Jonathan Lighter
- flyting and rap
John-Patrick
- flyting and rap
Mark Mandel
- flyting and rap
Wilson Gray
- flyting and rap
Mark Mandel
- flyting and rap
Wilson Gray
- flyting and rap
Mark Mandel
- flyting and rap
Wilson Gray
- flyting and rap
Benjamin Zimmer
- flyting and rap
Wilson Gray
- Forteh: UK pronunciation
Benjamin Barrett
- Forteh: UK pronunciation
Wilson Gray
- Forteh: UK pronunciation
Damien Hall
- Forteh: UK pronunciation
Laurence Horn
- Forteh: UK pronunciation
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Forteh: UK pronunciation
Damien Hall
- Forteh: UK pronunciation
Benjamin Barrett
- Forteh: UK pronunciation
Michael Covarrubias
- Forteh: UK pronunciation
Benjamin Barrett
- Forteh: UK pronunciation
Tom Zurinskas
- Forteh: UK pronunciation
Tom Zurinskas
- Forteh: UK pronunciation
Wilson Gray
- Frak Attack!
Mark Peters
- Frak Attack!
Randy Alexander
- from "It's Your World"
Arnold Zwicky
- Further Antedating of "Googol" and "Googolplex"
Shapiro, Fred
- FW: book on English loanwords in several languages
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- FW: Slice on Boston pizza article from 1903 ---(message from Barry Popik)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Fwd: another "bare PST/PSP"
Arnold Zwicky
- Fwd: another "bare PST/PSP"
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Fwd: another "bare PST/PSP"
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Google Book Search article
Jesse Sheidlower
- Google Book Search article
Benjamin Zimmer
- Google Book Search article
Joel S. Berson
- Google Book Search article
Wilson Gray
- Google Book Search article
Joel S. Berson
- Google Book Search article
Wilson Gray
- Google harm
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on The Jud es: "bartend(e)ress"
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on The Jud es: "bartend(e)ress"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Heard on The Jud es: "bartend(e)ress"
Bill Palmer
- Heard on The Jud es: "bartend(e)ress"
Mark Mandel
- Heard on The Jud es: "bartend(e)ress"
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Jud es: "bartend(e)ress"
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Jud es: "bartend(e)ress"
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on The Jud es: "bartend(e)ress"
Scott
- Heard on The Jud es: "bartend(e)ress"
Bill Palmer
- Heard on The Jud es: "bartend(e)ress"
Baker, John
- Heard on The Jud es: "bartend(e)ress"
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Jud es: "bartend(e)ress"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Heard on The Judges: " -nim" in possessive
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: " -nim" in possessive
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Judges: " -nim" in possessive
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: " -nim" in possessive
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Judges: " -nim" in possessive
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: " -nim" in possessive
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Judges: " -nim" in possessive
William Salmon
- Heard on The Judges: " -nim" in possessive
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Bill Palmer
- Re: Heard on The Jud ges: "bartend(e)ress"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Kari Castor
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Ann Burlingham
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
David Bowie
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Damien Hall
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "bartend(e)ress"
Mark Mandel
- Heard on The Judges: "go for the okey-doke" fall for the con
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: "nigger" = man, person
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: BE 0-Plural
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: localisms
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: localisms
Benjamin Zimmer
- Heard on The Judges: localisms
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Heard on The Judges: localisms
Laurence Horn
- Heard on The Judges: localisms
Doug Harris
- Heard on The Judges: localisms
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: localisms
Wilson Gray
- heroics
Jonathan Lighter
- Higgledy-piggledy-ness
Mark Peters
- Higgledy-piggledy-ness
Wilson Gray
- Hoda Kotb
Jonathan Lighter
- If U Seek Amy
Baker, John
- If U Seek Amy
James Harbeck
- If U Seek Amy
Benjamin Zimmer
- If U Seek Amy
Sam Clements
- If U Seek Amy
James Harbeck
- If U Seek Amy
Baker, John
- If U Seek Amy
Wilson Gray
- If U Seek Amy
Baker, John
- If U Seek Amy
Benjamin Zimmer
- If U Seek Amy
Randy Alexander
- If U Seek Amy
Randy Alexander
- Inaugural Address Future Famous Quotations
Shapiro, Fred
- inference (vb)
Mark Mandel
- inference (vb)
Laurence Horn
- INGs
Victor
- INGs
Herb Stahlke
- INGs
Arnold Zwicky
- INGs
Victor
- INGs
Arnold Zwicky
- INGs
Wilson Gray
- INGs
Laurence Horn
- INGs
Arnold Zwicky
- INGs
Laurence Horn
- INGs
Randy Alexander
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Grant Barrett
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Benjamin Barrett
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Jonathan Lighter
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Joel S. Berson
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Jonathan Lighter
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Shapiro, Fred
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Jocelyn Limpert
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Joel S. Berson
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Joel S. Berson
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Laurence Horn
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
George Thompson
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Jonathan Lighter
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Laurence Horn
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
David Bowie
- Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT
Jonathan Lighter
- Lady Mondragon and Other NW Pa Matters
Carter Rila
- Lady Mondragon and Other NW Pa Matters
Joanna Taylor
- Lady Mondragon and Other NW Pa Matters
Arnold Zwicky
- Lady Mondragon and Other NW Pa Matters
Bill Palmer
- Lady Mondragon and Other NW Pa Matters
Arnold Zwicky
- Laffs from the Welsh Marches
Jonathan Lighter
- Laffs from the Welsh Marches
Jonathan Lighter
- Laffs from the Welsh Marches
Amy West
- Laffs from the Welsh Marches
Wilson Gray
- Law West of the Pecos
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- limerick
Jonathan Lighter
- limerick
Joel S. Berson
- Limerick, Copperheads, nonsense, etc.
Stephen Goranson
- Limerick, Copperheads, nonsense, etc.
Jonathan Lighter
- long URLs (was Re: Where words come from)
Mark Mandel
- Mae West and the Military
Carter Rila
- Mae West and the Military
Mark Mandel
- Million words?
Joel S. Berson
- Million words?
Grant Barrett
- Million words?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Million words?
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Million words?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Million words?
Jesse Sheidlower
- Million words?
Joel S. Berson
- Million words?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Million Words?
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Million words?
Amy West
- More Al Capp Contributions to American Culture
Carter Rila
- More Al Capp Contributions to American Culture
Laurence Horn
- More Al Capp Contributions to American Culture
Wilson Gray
- more on prepositions
Arnold Zwicky
- more on prepositions
Arnold Zwicky
- more on prepositions
Benjamin Zimmer
- more on prepositions
Baker, John
- more on prepositions
Benjamin Zimmer
- more on prepositions
Wilson Gray
- more weird prep-dropping and/or subcategorization
Laurence Horn
- more weird prep-dropping and/or subcategorization
David Metevia
- more weird prep-dropping and/or subcategorization
Laurence Horn
- more weird prep-dropping and/or subcategorization
Victor
- Muddy Waters and sE
Wilson Gray
- N-looking
Mark Mandel
- N-looking
Victor
- N-looking
Mark Mandel
- N-looking
Jonathan Lighter
- N-looking
Laurence Horn
- N-looking
Victor
- N-looking
Benjamin Zimmer
- N-looking
Laurence Horn
- N-looking
James Harbeck
- N-looking
Wilson Gray
- N-looking
Jonathan Lighter
- N-looking
Laurence Horn
- N-looking
Benjamin Zimmer
- N-looking
Wilson Gray
- N-looking
Laurence Horn
- narrative
Jonathan Lighter
- Negative inversion
Matthew Gordon
- Negative inversion
William Salmon
- Negative inversion
Wilson Gray
- Negative inversion
Charles Doyle
- Negative inversion
Matthew Gordon
- Negative inversion
Charles Doyle
- Negative inversion
Matthew Gordon
- Negative inversion
Charles Doyle
- new old saying
Jonathan Lighter
- new old saying
Charles Doyle
- Obama as a common noun
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Obasm
Murrah Lee
- Obasm
Mark Mandel
- obituary
Victor
- obituary
Lynne Murphy
- OED etym. of ((we)b)log
Mark Mandel
- OED etym. of ((we)b)log
Victor
- often / sophomore (was: Pronuncations)
Damien Hall
- often / sophomore (was: Pronuncations)
Doug Harris
- often / sophomore (was: Pronuncations)
Arnold Zwicky
- often / sophomore (was: Pronuncations)
Ann Burlingham
- often / sophomore (was: Pronuncations)
Barbara Need
- often / sophomore (was: Pronuncations)
Laurence Horn
- often / sophomore (was: Pronuncations)
Barbara Need
- On the trail of "wombat"
Grant Barrett
- OT: A washingtonpost.com article from: elcutachero at yahoo.com
Carter Rila
- OT: Change almost beyond belief!
Wilson Gray
- OT: tracing a cookie recipe
Grant Barrett
- Our Tongue Tied Ex-Executive Makes the World Scene
Carter Rila
- Parachute Subdivisions- A Proposed Term
Carter Rila
- Parachute Subdivisions- A Proposed Term
Carter Rila
- Parachute Subdivisions- A Proposed Term
Carter Rila
- Pentagon tells soldiers, "We have ways of making you talk"
Dennis Baron
- Pentagon tells soldiers, "We have ways of making you talk"
Dave Hause
- Pentagon tells soldiers, "We have ways of making you talk"
Wilson Gray
- Pentagon tells soldiers, "We have ways of making you talk" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Pentagon tells soldiers...
Jonathan Lighter
- Phonology of "rough around the ages"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Picky point on semicolons
Laurence Horn
- Picky point on semicolons
RonButters at AOL.COM
- positive polarity "can help it"
Mark Mandel
- positive polarity "can help it"
Laurence Horn
- positive polarity "can help it"
Mark Mandel
- positive polarity "can help it"
Wilson Gray
- possible ID of "Murphy's Law" user in 1951/1949-50
Stephen Goranson
- possible ID of "Murphy's Law" user in 1951/1949-50 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Possible partial eggcorn: portcullis >> fort colours
Damien Hall
- Possible partial eggcorn: portcullis >> fort colours
Laurence Horn
- Possible partial eggcorn: portcullis >> fort colours
Arnold Zwicky
- Possible partial eggcorn: portcullis >> fort colours
Damien Hall
- Pranging -A proposed term.
Carter Rila
- Pranging -A proposed term.
Wilson Gray
- Pranging -A proposed term.
Mark Mandel
- Pranging -A proposed term.
Wilson Gray
- Pres. Obama accent
Tom Zurinskas
- preservation within the Psycholinguistics
Sturm, Beate
- Pretty Please (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Pronuncations
Damien Hall
- Pronuncations
Barbara Need
- Pronuncations
Randy Alexander
- Pronuncations
Benjamin Barrett
- Pronuncations
Laurence Horn
- Pronuncations
Herb Stahlke
- Pronuncations
Tom Zurinskas
- Pronuncations
Scot LaFaive
- Pronuncations
Randy Alexander
- Pronuncations
Laurence Horn
- Pronuncations
Arnold Zwicky
- Pronuncations
Herb Stahlke
- Pronuncations (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Pronunciation of hoisin
Benjamin Barrett
- Pronunciation of hoisin
Laurence Horn
- Pronunciation of hoisin
Wilson Gray
- Pronunciation of hoisin
Benjamin Barrett
- puzzling percent reference
Victor
- puzzling percent reference
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Re" "he" and "he or she"/ Congress becomes gender-neutral
Jonathan Lighter
- Re" "he" and "he or she"/ Congress becomes gender-neutral
Dennis Baron
- Reading on the rise as economy falters
Dennis Baron
- Reading on the rise as economy falters
Randy Alexander
- Recountland
Dan Goodman
- reporter's license
Victor
- reporter's license
Randy Alexander
- reporter's license
Benjamin Zimmer
- reporter's license
Wilson Gray
- reporter's license
Victor
- reporter's license
Randy Alexander
- reporter's license
Benjamin Zimmer
- reporter's license
Benjamin Barrett
- reporter's license
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- reporter's license
Mark Mandel
- reporter's license
Dave Hause
- reporter's license
Paul
- Reversals in usage judgements (was: Pronuncations)
Damien Hall
- reversals in usage judgments
Arnold Zwicky
- reversals in usage judgments
Laurence Horn
- saddlebacking
James Harbeck
- saddlebacking
Grant Barrett
- saddlebacking
Dave Wilton
- Say what? It must be catching!
Wilson Gray
- Scanalize
Gerald Walton
- Scanalize
Bill Le May
- Scanalize
Arnold Zwicky
- Sega and outlier
Benjamin Barrett
- Sega and outlier
Wilson Gray
- Sega and outlier
Benjamin Barrett
- Should we fear a world without books?
Dennis Baron
- shovel-ready (1995)
Benjamin Zimmer
- shovel-ready (1995)
Mark Mandel
- shovel-ready (1995)
Benjamin Zimmer
- shovel-ready (1995)
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- social = 'social networking'
Benjamin Zimmer
- social = 'social networking'
Chris Waigl
- Some Judge Jive from the Silly Sixties, plus Some Sociological Cultural Commentary
Carter Rila
- Some Judge Jive from the Silly Sixties, plus Some Sociological Cultural Commentary
Margaret Lee
- Some TV dialect trends
Tom Zurinskas
- Some TV dialect trends
Scot LaFaive
- SOTA alert
Benjamin Zimmer
- Spaces around punctuation (was: Is That an Emoticon in 1862? in NYT )
Damien Hall
- spelling the interlabial trill
Mark Mandel
- spelling the interlabial trill
Benjamin Barrett
- spelling the interlabial trill Unlucky Joe.
Carter Rila
- Spending a Year Living Like Jesus
Victor
- Spending a Year Living Like Jesus
Doug Harris
- Spending a Year Living Like Jesus
Bill Le May
- Spending a Year Living Like Jesus
David Bowie
- Spending a Year Living Like Jesus
Herb Stahlke
- Spending a Year Living Like Jesus
Mark Mandel
- Spending a Year Living Like Jesus
David Bowie
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Victor
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Benjamin Barrett
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Charles Doyle
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Joel S. Berson
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Joel S. Berson
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Laurence Horn
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Benjamin Barrett
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Arnold Zwicky
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Arnold Zwicky
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Victor
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Benjamin Barrett
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Victor
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Tom Zurinskas
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Laurence Horn
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Benjamin Barrett
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Laurence Horn
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Laurence Horn
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Benjamin Barrett
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Joel S. Berson
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Dave Wilton
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Victor
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Laurence Horn
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Benjamin Barrett
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Victor
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Dave Wilton
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Arnold Zwicky
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Arnold Zwicky
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Benjamin Zimmer
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Arnold Zwicky
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Benjamin Barrett
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity
Mark Mandel
- stepgrandparents and relational ambiguity (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Strict constructionist Chief Justice flubs oath, Obama presidency survives unscathed
Dennis Baron
- Strict constructionist Chief Justice flubs oath, Obama presidency survives unscathed
Baker, John
- Strict constructionist Chief Justice flubs oath, Obama presidency survives unscathed
James Harbeck
- Strict constructionist Chief Justice flubs oath, Obama presidency survives unscathed
Benjamin Barrett
- Take care and be careful
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Take care and be careful
Laurence Horn
- Temperature Stated As a "Negative"
Doug Harris
- Temperature Stated As a "Negative"
Barbara Need
- Temperature Stated As a "Negative"
Laurence Horn
- Temperature Stated As a "Negative"
M Covarrubias
- Temperature Stated As a "Negative"
Kari Castor
- Temperature Stated As a "Negative"
Wilson Gray
- Temperature Stated As a "Negative"
Herb Stahlke
- Temperature Stated As a "Negative"
Victor
- Temperature Stated As a "Negative"
Lynne Murphy
- Temperature Stated As a "Negative"
Damien Hall
- Temperature Stated As a "Negative"
Doug Harris
- Temperature Stated As a "Negative"
Doug Harris
- The Cupertino effect
Mark Peters
- Tight-knight
Baker, John
- Tight-knight
Laurence Horn
- Top 10 Language Stories of 2008
Dennis Baron
- Top 10 Language Stories of 2008
Tom Zurinskas
- Top 10 Language Stories of 2008
David Metevia
- Top 10 Language Stories of 2008
Tom Zurinskas
- Top 10 Language Stories of 2008
Paul Johnston
- Top 10 Language Stories of 2008
Scot LaFaive
- Top 10 Language Stories of 2008
Tom Zurinskas
- Top 10 Language Stories of 2008
Randy Alexander
- Top 10 Language Stories of 2008
Tom Zurinskas
- Top 10 Language Stories of 2008
Randy Alexander
- Top 10 Language Stories of 2008
David Metevia
- town/township
Dan Goodman
- town/township
Grant Barrett
- Towns and Townships
Carter Rila
- Towns and Townships
Joel S. Berson
- Towns and Townships
Alison Murie
- Trend Central: Slang for '09
Benjamin Zimmer
- Trend Central: Slang for '09
James Harbeck
- Trend Central: Slang for '09
Gordon, Matthew J.
- trunch
Jonathan Lighter
- Two outrageous WOTYs
Joel S. Berson
- Two outrageous WOTYs
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Two outrageous WOTYs
Mark Mandel
- Two outrageous WOTYs
Victor
- Two outrageous WOTYs
Wilson Gray
- Typo: "that" ~ zero
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Usage of 'Anti-semite'
Arun K Raman
- Usage of 'Anti-semite'
Wilson Gray
- Usage of 'Anti-semite'
Mark Mandel
- Usage of 'Anti-semite'
Wilson Gray
- Usage of 'Anti-semite'
Baker, John
- Vocabula: Oops!
Word Crafter
- whales on stilts/a whale on stilts
Hillary Brown
- What is The Judges Site?
Carter Rila
- What is The Judges Site?
Wilson Gray
- What is The Judges Site? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Where words come from
Jonathan Lighter
- whitehouse.gov search terms
M Covarrubias
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Grant Barrett
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Bill Palmer
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Benjamin Zimmer
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Benjamin Zimmer
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Erik Hoover
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Grant Barrett
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Mark Mandel
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Laurence Horn
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Joel S. Berson
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Victor
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Victor
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Arnold Zwicky
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Joel S. Berson
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
Laurence Horn
- WOTY - now fortified with Grant Barrett!
Tom Zurinskas
- WOTY 2008
David Marc Fischer
- WOTY on NPR
Benjamin Zimmer
- WOTY on NPR
Sam Clements
- WOTY on NPR
Benjamin Zimmer
- WOTY on NPR (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- WOTY on NPR (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mark Mandel
- WOTY postmortem
Benjamin Zimmer
- WOTY preview (LA Times editorial)
Benjamin Zimmer
- write-off > right-off
James Harbeck
- write-off > right-off
Wilson Gray
- wung it
M Covarrubias
- wung it
Benjamin Zimmer
- Zero vs. "that" relatives--when linguistic evidence and popular belief conflict
Herb Stahlke
- Zero vs. 'that'-relatives
Spruiell, William C
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