November 2009 Archives by thread
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- Sam Hall
Robin Hamilton
- Limerick license, poetic license, in the US
Stephen Goranson
- "Incredible Hulk" Quote
Shapiro, Fred
- "Honky Tonk" antedating (1889)
Stephen Goranson
- Limerick license, poetic license, in the [was US] UK
Joel S. Berson
- % of English words from Latin and Greek
Michael Sheehan
- dudads, doodads
Stephen Goranson
- a single man killed is a misfortune, a million is a statistic (maybe 1948)
Garson O'Toole
- "If millions die, that?s only statistics" antedating (1947) Stalin
Stephen Goranson
- subscription wall (1996), pay wall (1997)
Benjamin Zimmer
- psychomental
Jonathan Lighter
- American Dialect Society experts list
Grant Barrett
- Most Notable Quotations of 2009
Shapiro, Fred
- "for" = of
Jonathan Lighter
- Sam Hall (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- and what about ...
David K. Barnhart
- They're as self-centered as we are!
Wilson Gray
- Heard on The Judges: relevant > revelant
Wilson Gray
- Heinlein et al.
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on The Judges: a triviality
Wilson Gray
- saintly nicking
Joel S. Berson
- Limerick[s]
Joel S. Berson
- linguistics in the news: case of the missing "t"
David A. Daniel
- return to square 1 (maybe 1923)
Garson O'Toole
- OT: case of the missing "t"
Joel S. Berson
- Fwd: iSnack 2.0
Wilson Gray
- A headline:
Wilson Gray
- camel-toe (was Re: A headline)
Mark Mandel
- Her indoors
Douglas G. Wilson
- slurs (was: Re: camel-toe)
Laurence Horn
- Unhappy writers are better writers, says psychologist
Dennis Baron
- Chicago talk
Wilson Gray
- Scozzafava
victor steinbok
- Scozzafava (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Cadillac" cites
Benjamin Zimmer
- American Jewish English
Geoff Nathan
- JP Stapp 1956 "Murphy's Law," no coining claim
Stephen Goranson
- Limericks in the USA
Stephen Goranson
- “money shmoney” [was: American Jewish English]
Joel S. Berson
- "shmooze"
Joel S. Berson
- Justice Scalia Delivers Lesson on Word Usage
Robert Hartwell Fiske
- Limericks
Joel S. Berson
- Knickers
Paul
- List of magazines on Google Books
Benjamin Zimmer
- 'Get into her pants' (was: Knickers)
Damien Hall
- Asian Was: Re: Her indoors
Lynne Murphy
- F******
Baker, John
- Technology reduces the value of old people, warns MIT computer guru
Dennis Baron
- "Yorker" (from New York) 1778 (close but probably no cigar)
Joel S. Berson
- No subject
David Barnhart
- Judaize
Mark Mandel
- Post-opt for Post-op
Michael Sheehan
- "acronym" widening (again)
Laurence Horn
- Another Eggcorn? (was Post-opt for Post-op)
Margaret Lee
- "laden-incentive"
Joel S. Berson
- "substitute for" re-redux
Jesse Sheidlower
- Noncollective "troops" once again
Neal Whitman
- awe-droppers strike again - stocking horse
Tom Zurinskas
- Meaning of "used to would" double modal?
Jesse Sheidlower
- OT: Meaning of "used to would" double modal?
Joel S. Berson
- Some (Irish?) lingo
Joel S. Berson
- Something Borrowed ...
Robin Hamilton
- Limerick[s] (reply to Joel)
Stephen Goranson
- Limerick[s] (reply to Robin)
Stephen Goranson
- 'Pataphysics, was Re: [ADS-L] Something Borrowed ...
Stephen Goranson
- "trammeled" for ?tramped?
Alison Murie
- 'trammeled" for ? tramped?
Alison Murie
- double posting
Alison Murie
- OT high top boots
Paul
- "gurly" adj. 1652
Joel S. Berson
- Is Tweeter changing English?
Joel S. Berson
- Is Twitter [was: Tweeter] changing English?
Joel S. Berson
- Sonnet Loan Words -- Wyatt
Robin Hamilton
- comparative/comparable
victor steinbok
- "thankless" = marked by ingratitude?
Jonathan Lighter
- "anymore" = "not previously but now"
Joel S. Berson
- Re: [ADS-L] Meaning of "used to would" double modal?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Words you can say on TV: Is WTF the newest cable channel?
Dennis Baron
- Sonnet Loan Words -- Surrey
Robin Hamilton
- Midland (was "anymore" = "not previously but now")
Gordon, Matthew J.
- eerie
Jonathan Lighter
- antedating "Disneyland East"
Jonathan Lighter
- slight antedatings: "rupestrian"/ "rupestral"
Jonathan Lighter
- delibility
Laurence Horn
- Scrub Stock
Wilson Gray
- What to call what Rush Limbaugh does
Joel S. Berson
- Anon. quote: "Any day above ground..."
Jonathan Lighter
- Quote concerning money spent on liquor, gambling, and women (maybe 1936)
Garson O'Toole
- Scrub Stock (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- What to call what Rush Limbaugh does (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Quote concerning money spent on liquor, gambling, and women (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- opiates
Joel S. Berson
- Quote concerning money spent on liquor, gambling, and women
Joel S. Berson
- Latin contribution?
Alison Murie
- Hot news perfect question
Benjamin Barrett
- teabaggers and Oxford WOTY
victor steinbok
- Obama in Chinese
Tom Zurinskas
- (alphabetical) word lists?
Laurence Horn
- OT: Irish blunders
Joel S. Berson
- some stuff on "jazz"
George Thompson
- menticide
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- po-up-razzi
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- Majuscules and minuscules
Joel S. Berson
- History channel retrofits "grunt"
Jonathan Lighter
- Another sign of the death of the prestige of English
Wilson Gray
- ...Rush Limbaugh .. and -er/-or
David Barnhart
- Mau-Mauing
Ann Burlingham
- Is twitter changing English?
Tom Zurinskas
- facacta
Mark Mandel
- inkoholic
Mark Mandel
- The 2009 word of the year is "teabag," but the word of the decade has to be "wingnut"
Dennis Baron
- Luddites and Chinese characters
Joel S. Berson
- pharmerging
James Harbeck
- Obama respelled
Tom Zurinskas
- "If you remember the 60s..." antedating (1982)
Stephen Goranson
- Perot's ears-quote -- . was: Re: some stuff on "jazz"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Guy talks only Klingon to kid
Jonathan Lighter
- Courage and Serenity Prayer news
Stephen Goranson
- zerophagy - not in OED (or should it be xerophagy?)
Joel S. Berson
- Pharming (genetic) and pharming (computer science)
Garson O'Toole
- "After _humming and haaaing [sic]_ for months, I finally decided to buy it."
Wilson Gray
- 2009 Name of the Year Call for Nominations
Cleve Evans
- Mazel Tov to our own Professor Mufwene!
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
- 马
Guy Letourneau
- 马
Randy Alexander
- 马
Wilson Gray
- "mindcasting"
Dan Goodman
- Heard on Springer: "_Head bitch in charge_"
Wilson Gray
- accept what cannot be altered, with patience (Reinhold Niebuhr 1934)
Garson O'Toole
- mixed message, indeed
Alison Murie
- Jazz Merazz
George Thompson
- "bum-court" at the OED; also "bishopping"
Joel S. Berson
- A bit more "bawdy court" stuff: "to grind", 1627
Joel S. Berson
- OED Access qjuestion
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "valuation" in linguistics -- sense not in OED?
Joel S. Berson
- -er(s) in the Times
Laurence Horn
- [FL-LIST] Texas Accidentally Banned Heterosexual Marriage?
David Barnhart
- overrided
Jonathan Lighter
- The google collocation game
Randy Alexander
- peacenik antedating (January 25, 1962)
Garson O'Toole
- more on -er
RonButters at AOL.COM
- still more on -er
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Peacenik follow-up (Lively Arts publication)
Garson O'Toole
- amonokerism
Benjamin Barrett
- Dating in the Dark
Jonathan Lighter
- OT: pejorativers
Joel S. Berson
- Murphy's Law runs up against Murphy's Law
George Thompson
- Be careful! They're investigating you! [Was: AutoReply: RE: Woman killed in Sumner Tunnel Crash]
Joel S. Berson
- 4 1934 notes toward Courage Serenity Prayer origin (?)
Stephen Goranson
- memorial for manorial
David Barnhart
- bizarre typos
victor steinbok
- saying videlicet
Tom Zurinskas
- OED Access question
RonButters at AOL.COM
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Nov 2009 to 25 Nov 2009 (#2009-330)
Alex Steer
- Fwd: cooking term searches
James Harbeck
- Muffin-top revisited
Alice Faber
- OT: Muffin-top revisited
Joel S. Berson
- Glenn Beck wins 2009 Doublespeak Award
Dennis Baron
- Fred and Stephen in the NYT
Jesse Sheidlower
- glaring typo
David Barnhart
- Now, how many ... (was careen vs. career)
David Barnhart
- Foolish Democratic Quotations of 2009
Shapiro, Fred
- Bad girls speak
Jonathan Lighter
- Origins of "soft core," "Yippies," "Twinkie defense"
Gareth Branwyn
- Origins of "soft core," "Yippies," "Twinkie defense"
Sam Clements
- Origins of "soft core," "Yippies," "Twinkie defense"
Laurence Horn
- Origins of "soft core," "Yippies," "Twinkie defense"
Joel S. Berson
- Origins of "soft core," "Yippies," "Twinkie defense"
Grant Barrett
- Origins of "soft core," "Yippies," "Twinkie defense"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Origins of "soft core," "Yippies," "Twinkie defense"
Herb Stahlke
- Origins of "soft core," "Yippies," "Twinkie defense"
Garson O'Toole
- "bald-headed"
George Thompson
- Soft-core pornography (antedating to May 1964) – response the Gareth Branwyn
Garson O'Toole
- Soft-core pornography (antedating to May 1964) - response the Gareth Branwyn
Laurence Horn
- Is the median the message?
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- shamen
Jonathan Lighter
- Soft-core pornography (antedating to May 1964) –response the Gareth Branwyn
Joel S. Berson
- Soft-core pornography (antedating to May 1964) – response to Gareth Branwyn
Gareth Branwyn
- Language change
Wilson Gray
- Palindrone
Michael Sheehan
- Slanguage change
Wilson Gray
- yippie (January 1968) - response to Gareth Branwyn
Garson O'Toole
- Goranson/Shapiro/Niebuhr on Serenity, revisited
Laurence Horn
- Origins ...
Joel S. Berson
- I can help who's next
Greg Pulliam
- yippie (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
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