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Starting: Fri Jan 1 01:05:12 UTC 2010
Ending: Sun Jan 31 21:11:23 UTC 2010
Messages: 1062

• Singular or plural?   Tom Zurinskas
• "equal access" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• "gun play"?   Jonathan Lighter
• "gun play"?   Robin Hamilton
• Misplaced modifier of the...well, end of the decade   Laurence Horn
• Misplaced modifier of the...well, end of the decade   Mark Mandel
• Misplaced modifier of the...well, end of the decade   Laurence Horn
• Fwd: Ouakaka or Ouakalke   Douglas G. Wilson
• Connotation loss   Lynne Murphy
• Fwd: Ouakaka or Ouakalke   Joel S. Berson
• Connotation loss   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• "point-device"   Joel S. Berson
• Misplaced modifier of the...well, end of the decade   Tom Zurinskas
• netlingo.com   Tom Zurinskas
• not particularly new, but...   David Barnhart
• not particularly new, but...   Benjamin Zimmer
• "point-device"   Robin Hamilton
• "gun play"?   Alison Murie
• Connotation loss   Garson O'Toole
• Fwd: Ouakaka or Ouakalke   Douglas G. Wilson
• "point-device"   Joel S. Berson
• Further Antedating of "Real McCoy"   George Thompson
• OT: Further Antedating of "Real McCoy"   Joel S. Berson
• "gun play"?   Amy West
• _To_? Or _for_?   Wilson Gray
• _To_? Or _for_?   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Further Antedating of "Real McCoy"   Jonathan Lighter
• "gun play"?   Jonathan Lighter
• Swordplay   Robin Hamilton
• "gun play"?   Wilson Gray
• Swordplay   Wilson Gray
• m-w speaker accents   Tom Zurinskas
• Quick meaning alive (was: Heard on NFL Blackhawks vs. Redwings)   Benjamin Barrett
• Quick meaning alive   Victor Steinbok
• Further Antedating of "Real McCoy"   Shapiro, Fred
• More RE: Further Antedating of "Real McCoy"   Shapiro, Fred
• "gun play"?   Jonathan Lighter
• More RE: Further Antedating of "Real McCoy"   Jonathan Lighter
• "The real Mackay..." 1846   Stephen Goranson
• McKay not MacKay was Re: [ADS-L] "The real Mackay..." 1846   Stephen Goranson
• McKay not MacKay was Re: [ADS-L] "The real Mackay..." 1846   Stephen Goranson
• McKay not MacKay was Re: [ADS-L] "The real Mackay..." 1846   Stephen Goranson
• "gun play"?   Dave Wilton
• unisex diva   Jonathan Lighter
• "gun play"?   Jonathan Lighter
• "gun play"?   Robin Hamilton
• McKay not MacKay was Re: [ADS-L] "The real Mackay..." 1846   Stephen Goranson
• Quick meaning alive   Alison Murie
• Quick meaning alive   Benjamin Barrett
• Quick meaning alive   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Front page!   Laurence Horn
• "the real McKay" 1875   Stephen Goranson
• "gun play"?   Dave Wilton
• "the real McKay" 1875   Stephen Goranson
• "the real McKay" 1875   Wilson Gray
• the "real Mackay" 1866   Stephen Goranson
• Quick meaning alive   Wilson Gray
• "gun play"?   Wilson Gray
• Quick meaning alive   Benjamin Barrett
• "the real McKay" 1875   Alison Murie
• Quick meaning alive   Victor Steinbok
• Quick meaning alive   Benjamin Zimmer
• talisman   Victor Steinbok
• Fictional Materials for OED   Shapiro, Fred
• Swordplay   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• "the real McKay" 1875   Jonathan Lighter
• Fictional Materials for OED   Jonathan Lighter
• MOTY as a category?   Laurence Horn
• Fictional Materials for OED   Mark Mandel
• Fictional Materials for OED   Dave Wilton
• Fictional Materials for OED   Shapiro, Fred
• Fictional Materials for OED   Shapiro, Fred
• Fictional Materials for OED   Jonathan Lighter
• Fictional Materials for OED   Jonathan Lighter
• Fictional Materials for OED   Laurence Horn
• Fictional Materials for OED   Shapiro, Fred
• Fictional Materials for OED   Benjamin Zimmer
• Fictional Materials for OED   William Salmon
• "the real McKay" 1875   Eric Nielsen
• Fictional Materials for OED   Benjamin Barrett
• Fictional Materials for OED   Jesse Sheidlower
• Quick meaning alive   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• emotional roller-coaster   Jonathan Lighter
• "the real McKay" 1875   Joel S. Berson
• emotional roller-coaster   Jesse Sheidlower
• Kryponite and garlic   Joel S. Berson
• emotional roller-coaster   Jonathan Lighter
• emotional roller-coaster   Jesse Sheidlower
• "the real McKay" 1875   Jonathan Lighter
• Quick meaning alive   Laurence Horn
• Kryponite and garlic   Laurence Horn
• she sells sea...   Stephen Goranson
• Misplaced modifier of the...well, end of the decade   Amy West
• Swordplay   Amy West
• "gun play"?   Amy West
• Quick meaning alive   Benjamin Barrett
• Kryponite and garlic   Wilson Gray
• Kryponite and garlic   Benjamin Zimmer
• Kryponite and garlic   Wilson Gray
• talisman   Wilson Gray
• unisex diva   Wilson Gray
• Kryponite and garlic   Laurence Horn
• More RE: Further Antedating of "Real McCoy"   Wilson Gray
• Kryponite and garlic   Jonathan Lighter
• Kryponite and garlic   Laurence Horn
• Kryponite and garlic   Joel S. Berson
• Kryponite and garlic   Joel S. Berson
• Kryponite and garlic   Benjamin Zimmer
• Kryponite and garlic   Michael Covarrubias
• "quorum" -- early 19th C children's game   George Thompson
• "take a stump"   George Thompson
• "quorum" -- early 19th C children's game   Benjamin Barrett
• "take a stump"   Douglas G. Wilson
• Singular or plural?   Wilson Gray
• The Quick and The Dead   Victor Steinbok
• "gun play"?   Jonathan Lighter
• Kryponite and garlic   Jonathan Lighter
• "take a stump"   Jonathan Lighter
• Singular or plural?   Jonathan Lighter
• Kryponite and garlic   Joel S. Berson
• Kryponite and garlic   Charles Doyle
• Kryponite and garlic   Jonathan Lighter
• Kryponite and garlic   Charles Doyle
• Kryponite and garlic   Jim Parish
• Macquarie WOTY nominees   Benjamin Zimmer
• Kryponite and garlic   Joel S. Berson
• Kryponite and garlic   Charles Doyle
• Kryponite and garlic   Joel S. Berson
• Kryponite and garlic   Laurence Horn
• "quorum" -- early 19th C children's game   George Thompson
• Kryponite and garlic--(Why the hair-salon name "Krytonnite"?)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Kryponite and garlic--(Why the hair-salon name "Krytonnite"?)   Jonathan Lighter
• macquarie nominations,   David Barnhart
• Kryponite and garlic   Benjamin Zimmer
• Fictional Materials for OED   Jeff Prucher
• Kryponite and garlic--(Why the hair-salon name "Krytonnite"?)   Mark Mandel
• Fictional Materials for OED   Benjamin Zimmer
• "take a stump"   Wilson Gray
• PRI story: Paging Dr. Esperanto, and what not to say in Ireland ’s parliament   Mark Mandel
• "quorum" -- early 19th C children's game   Douglas G. Wilson
• Kryponite and garlic--(Why the hair-salon name "Krytonnite"?)   Seán Fitzpatrick
• 'repose' (v) in telic sense - not in OED or MW   Damien Hall
• Kryponite and garlic--(Why the hair-salon name "Krytonnite"?)   Laurence Horn
• COOTY of the year?   Joel S. Berson
• Kryponite and garlic   Joel S. Berson
• COOTY of the year?   Steve Kl.
• 2009 quotes (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Foolish Democratic Quotations of 2009 (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• 2009 quotes (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• 2009 quotes (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Fictional Materials for OED   Robin Hamilton
• 2009 quotes (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• PRI story: Paging Dr. Esperanto, and what not to say in Ireland ’s parliament   George Thompson
• New Paltz, NY Re: NE Regional Meeting: April 2010   Dan Goodman
• 'repose' (v) in telic sense - not in OED or MW   Garson O'Toole
• Quick(lime) to point out.   Eric Nielsen
• Quick(lime) to point out.   Laurence Horn
• Quick(lime) to point out.   Joel S. Berson
• Quick(lime) to point out.   Joel S. Berson
• Quick(lime) to point out.   Wilson Gray
• Kryponite and garlic--(UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• tear-jerking = "profoundly moving"   Jonathan Lighter
• Quick(lime) to point out.   Joel S. Berson
• tear-jerking = "profoundly moving"   Neal Whitman
• Britain's Communication Champion blames parents for kids not talking   Dennis Baron
• optics   Jonathan Lighter
• optics (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• sunset   Jonathan Lighter
• yet more on Art Hickman   George Thompson
• "Bindle"   Wilson Gray
• "Bindle"   Robin Hamilton
• "Bindle"   Jonathan Lighter
• sunset   Herb Stahlke
• sunset   Towse
• "Bindle"   Wilson Gray
• optics (UNCLASSIFIED)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• "Bindle"   Dan Goodman
• "Bindle"   Robin Hamilton
• optics (UNCLASSIFIED)   Robin Hamilton
• optics (UNCLASSIFIED)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Sandscript-eggcorn?   Benjamin Barrett
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   Garson O'Toole
• WOTY 2009 nominations   Benjamin Zimmer
• WOTY 2009 nominations   Jesse Sheidlower
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Sandscript-eggcorn?   Joel S. Berson
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   Joel S. Berson
• New old saying: "90% of the work...."   Jonathan Lighter
• New old saying: "90% of the work...."   Bill Palmer
• sunset   Arnold Zwicky
• New old saying: "90% of the work...."   Joel S. Berson
• sunset   Jonathan Lighter
• sunset   Joel S. Berson
• sunset   Dave Wilton
• sunset   Jonathan Lighter
• OT: sunset   Joel S. Berson
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   Shapiro, Fred
• sunset   Randy Alexander
• Sandscript-eggcorn?   Benjamin Barrett
• Paul Dickson still thinks Benjamin Franklin collected the "Drinker's Dictionary"   Joel S. Berson
• OT: sunset   Herb Stahlke
• WOTY 2009 nominations   Baker, John
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   Garson O'Toole
• WOTY 2009 nominations   Victor Steinbok
• gin game   George Thompson
• WOTY 2009 nominations   Chris Waigl
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   Victor Steinbok
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   Ken Hirsch
• WOTY 2009 nominations   Garson O'Toole
• a fair boast, probably   George Thompson
• gin game   Jonathan Lighter
• gin game   George Thompson
• gin game   Baker, John
• to "reference": Kafkaesque   Jonathan Lighter
• gin game   Jonathan Lighter
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   Garson O'Toole
• a word you just shouldn't use   Jonathan Lighter
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   Victor Steinbok
• Proprietary WOTY and WOTD   Baker, John
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   Joel S. Berson
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   Sam Clements
• Paul Dickson still thinks Benjamin Franklin collected the "Drinker's Dictionary"   Joel S. Berson
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   Victor Steinbok
• Mark Twain quote about his father's surprising maturation (antedating attrib circa 1915) (req paper verification)   Garson O'Toole
• word of the year: tweet; word of the decade: google   Grant Barrett
• least likely to succeed? really?   Laurence Horn
• A new collective noun: "astonishment"   Randy Alexander
• Paul Dickson still thinks Benjamin Franklin collected the "Drinker's Dictionary"   Seán Fitzpatrick
• word of the year: tweet; word of the decade: google   Benjamin Zimmer
• least likely to succeed? really?   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• least likely to succeed? really?   Benjamin Zimmer
• Junior High   Bill Palmer
• Junior High   Joel S. Berson
• least likely to succeed? really?   Grant Barrett
• Bad Girls Speak   Jonathan Lighter
• The 2000s   Joel S. Berson
• least likely to succeed? really?   Benjamin Zimmer
• least likely to succeed? really?   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• "Negro" in the news   Benjamin Barrett
• China Inc.   Benjamin Barrett
• "Negro" in the news   Wilson Gray
• Junior High   Wilson Gray
• Junior High   Sam Clements
• least likely to succeed? really?   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• "Bindle"   Baker, John
• "Bindle"   Wilson Gray
• Kryponite and garlic   Baker, John
• Sandscript-eggcorn?   Wilson Gray
• least likely to succeed? really?   David Bowie
• Kryponite and garlic   Herb Stahlke
• optics (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jesse Sheidlower
• Junior High   Joel S. Berson
• "Bindlestiff" in Blish   Joel S. Berson
• Kryponite and garlic   Joel S. Berson
• Apology for HTML in my messages   Joel S. Berson
• Junior High   Laurence Horn
• Antedating of "Junior High School"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Junior High School"   Baker, John
• Antedating of "Junior High School"   Douglas G. Wilson
• Antedating of "Junior High School"   Baker, John
• Antedating of "Junior High School"   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time (1912)   Garson O'Toole
• Antedating of "Junior High School"   Joel S. Berson
• Antedating of "Junior High School"   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Antedating of "Junior High School"   Charles Doyle
• "Bindlestiff" in Blish   Wilson Gray
• Sandscript-eggcorn?   Wilson Gray
• "Negro" in the news   Benjamin Barrett
• New old saying: "90% of the work...."   Mark Mandel
• to "reference": Kafkaesque   Mark Mandel
• to "reference": Kafkaesque   Jonathan Lighter
• New old saying: "90% of the work...."   Garson O'Toole
• must of have??   Victor Steinbok
• Paterson slams Reid comments -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY   Victor Steinbok
• "repetitive"--cupertino?   Victor Steinbok
• Supreme Court having minute trouble with "orthogonal"   Victor Steinbok
• Supreme Court having minute trouble with "orthogonal"   Tom Zurinskas
• must of have??   Laurence Horn
• must of have??   Herb Stahlke
• must of have??   Charles Doyle
• Antedating of "Junior High School"   Baker, John
• Supreme Court having minute trouble with "orthogonal" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• grow horse   Victor Steinbok
• must of have??   Arnold Zwicky
• 2010's Banned Words   Bill Palmer
• must of have??   Joel S. Berson
• 2010's Banned Words   Arnold Zwicky
• "African American Newspapers, 1827-1998"   Joel S. Berson
• "Bindlestiff" in Blish   Mark Mandel
• Quoted without comment   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• must of have??   Herb Stahlke
• must of have??   Herb Stahlke
• Quoted without comment   Geoff Nathan
• must of have??   Wilson Gray
• "Bindlestiff" in Blish   Mark Mandel
• sane and insane conservatives on racism   Victor Steinbok
• sane and insane conservatives on racism   Victor Steinbok
• "Team Conan" and the "Team X" meme   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Team Conan" and the "Team X" meme   Benjamin Zimmer
• sane and insane conservatives on racism   Victor Steinbok
• Quoted without comment   Jonathan Lighter
• "Bindlestiff" in Blish   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• hyparistic; oneiristic   Jonathan Lighter
• Request for information about a quote   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Joel S. Berson
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Geoffrey Steven Nathan
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Arnold Zwicky
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Terry Irons
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Gordon, Matthew J.
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Victor Steinbok
• McWhorter on "cast the mote"   Joel S. Berson
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Terry Irons
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Benjamin Zimmer
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Laurence Horn
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Joel S. Berson
• gin game   Baker, John
• gin game   Jonathan Lighter
• McWhorter on "cast the mote"   Herb Stahlke
• "politics"   Jonathan Lighter
• "politics"   Benjamin Barrett
• "politics"   Jonathan Lighter
• "[chimpanzee] politics"   Joel S. Berson
• "politics"   Joel S. Berson
• "[chimpanzee] politics"   Garson O'Toole
• Antedating quote about spelling (attrib Mark Twain 1895) (attrib Hiram Runnels 1855)   Garson O'Toole
• Antedating quote about spelling (attrib Mark Twain 1895) (attrib Hiram Runnels 1855)   Stephen Goranson
• "[chimpanzee] politics"   Joel S. Berson
• (Further) antedating quote about spelling   Joel S. Berson
• "Negro dialect" part 2   Amy West
• "politics"   Jonathan Lighter
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Amy West
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Amy West
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Jonathan Lighter
• (chimpanzee) "politics"   Joel S. Berson
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Joel S. Berson
• "[chimpanzee] politics"   Laurence Horn
• Fear of eels   Joel S. Berson
• Fear of eels   Laurence Horn
• "Cullen skink"   Joel S. Berson
• (Further) antedating quote about spelling   Victor Steinbok
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Jonathan Lighter
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Gordon, Matthew J.
• (Further) antedating quote about spelling   Joel S. Berson
• Still :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Joel S. Berson
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Robin Hamilton
• Still :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Robin Hamilton
• (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
• Still :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Jonathan Lighter
• Still :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Robin Hamilton
• "politics"   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Wilson Gray
• gin game   Baker, John
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Victor Steinbok
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Jonathan Lighter
• (Further) antedating quote about spelling   Garson O'Toole
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Herb Stahlke
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Wilson Gray
• "Cullen skink"   Douglas G. Wilson
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Laurence Horn
• Still :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Wilson Gray
• Retroflexion [was: McWhorter on "Negro English"]   Geoffrey Nathan
• "[chimpanzee] politics"   Garson O'Toole
• McWhorter on "Negro English"   Joel S. Berson
• Readex Newspapers   Shapiro, Fred
• FW: Readex Adding New Material to Early American Imprints   Shapiro, Fred
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Amy West
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Amy West
• Retroflexion [was: McWhorter on "Negro English"]   Arnold Zwicky
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Judy Prince
• Retroflexion [was: McWhorter on "Negro English"]   Laurence Horn
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Robin Hamilton
• Retroflexion [was: McWhorter on "Negro English"]   Geoff Nathan
• An odd use of the N-word   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• gin game   George Thompson
• Still :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Jonathan Lighter
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Jonathan Lighter
• Retroflexion [was: McWhorter on "Negro English"]   Paul Johnston
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Paul Johnston
• 1909   Arnold Zwicky
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Robin Hamilton
• 1909   Benjamin Zimmer
• 1909   Jonathan Lighter
• 1909   Laurence Horn
• 1909   Laurence Horn
• 1909   Benjamin Zimmer
• 1909   Grant Barrett
• 1909   Jonathan Lighter
• Retroflexion [was: McWhorter on "Negro English"]   Herb Stahlke
• 1909   Laurence Horn
• "[chimpanzee] politics"   Mark Mandel
• New York Times Magazine Article   Shapiro, Fred
• "murder" routinely applied to animals   Jonathan Lighter
• New York Times Magazine Article (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• anglo-saxon   Lynne Murphy
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Tom Zurinskas
• Game Change   Bill Palmer
• Game Change   Jesse Sheidlower
• anglo-saxon   David Bergdahl
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Robin Hamilton
• New York Times Magazine Article (UNCLASSIFIED)   Shapiro, Fred
•       Re: [ADS-L] 1909   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Antedating of James Joyce quote   Jonathan Lighter
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Wilson Gray
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Laurence Horn
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Laurence Horn
• Heard on The Judges: _kickback_, n: new meaning   Wilson Gray
• Antedating of James Joyce quote   Joel S. Berson
• 1909   Wilson Gray
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Judy Prince
• New meaning of "competitive"?   Joel S. Berson
• The 2000s   Joel S. Berson
• 1909   Leslie Decker
• Heard on The Judges: _kickback_, n: new meaning   Joel S. Berson
•       Re: [ADS-L] 1909   Paul Johnston
•       Re: [ADS-L] 1909   Victor Steinbok
• 1909   Arnold Zwicky
• New meaning of "competitive"?   Geoff Nathan
• copasetic, was Re: [ADS-L] Readex Newspapers   Stephen Goranson
• Antedating of James Joyce quote   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on The Judges: _kickback_, n: new meaning   Jonathan Lighter
• 1909   Jonathan Lighter
• New meaning of "competitive"?   Jonathan Lighter
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Jonathan Lighter
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Herb Stahlke
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Tom Zurinskas
• 1909   Joel S. Berson
• Antedating of James Joyce quote   Joel S. Berson
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Salikoko Mufwene
• Antedating of James Joyce quote   Jonathan Lighter
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Jonathan Lighter
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   David A. Daniel
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Joel S. Berson
• Retroflexion [was: McWhorter on "Negro English"]   Neal Whitman
• Winston Churchill, KBO   Jonathan Lighter
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Robin Hamilton
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Jonathan Lighter
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Judy Prince
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Robin Hamilton
• white and black and tan and red   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• copasetic, was Re: [ADS-L] Readex Newspapers   Wilson Gray
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Robin Hamilton
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Herb Stahlke
• Retroflexion [was: McWhorter on "Negro English"]   Herb Stahlke
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Laurence Horn
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Jonathan Lighter
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Tom Zurinskas
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Laurence Horn
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Robin Hamilton
• Heard on The Judges: _kickback_, n: new meaning   Wilson Gray
• Random observations on oskie   Victor Steinbok
• Heard on The Judges: _kickback_, n: new meaning   Jonathan Lighter
• Random observations on oskie   Jonathan Lighter
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Joel S. Berson
• Language-related twitter account?   Grant Barrett
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Salikoko Mufwene
• copasetic 1920 and Re: [ADS-L] copasetic, was Re: [ADS-L] Readex Newspapers   Stephen Goranson
• Language-related twitter account?   Jesse Sheidlower
• Random observations on oskie   Tom Zurinskas
• copasetic 1920 and Re: [ADS-L] copasetic, was Re: [ADS-L] Readex Newspapers   Shapiro, Fred
• OT: copasetic 1920   Joel S. Berson
• African-American newspapers   Joel S. Berson
• copasetic 1920 and Re: [ADS-L] copasetic, was Re: [ADS-L] Readex Newspapers   Stephen Goranson
• Language-related twitter account?   Dennis Baron
• New meaning of "competitive"?   Joel S. Berson
• OT: 'Pied noir' [was: McWhorter on "Negro"]   Damien Hall
• Retroflexion [was: McWhorter on "Negro English"]   Laurence Horn
• Winston Churchill, KBO   Damien Hall
• OT: 'Pied noir' [was: McWhorter on "Negro"]   Salikoko Mufwene
• OT: 'Pied noir' [was: McWhorter on "Negro"]   Salikoko Mufwene
• Pied-Noir   Salikoko Mufwene
• Language-related twitter account?   Heather Marie Kosur
• Retroflexion [was: McWhorter on "Negro English"]   Herb Stahlke
• OT: 'Pied noir' [was: McWhorter on "Negro"]   Laurence Horn
• Another new old saying   Jonathan Lighter
• Another new old saying   Baker, John
• OT: 'Pied noir' [was: McWhorter on "Negro"]   David Bergdahl
• Call for Papers: Language Variation and Change in the US and Canada 2010   Grant Barrett
• Another new old saying   Garson O'Toole
• 1909   Mark Mandel
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Mark Mandel
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Judy Prince
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Tom Zurinskas
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Garson O'Toole
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Geoffrey Nunberg
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Garson O'Toole
• vagazzle/vajazzle   Benjamin Zimmer
• OT: 1909   Joel S. Berson
• vagazzle/vajazzle   David A. Daniel
• Time and banned words   David Barnhart
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Dave Wilton
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Laurence Horn
•       Re: [ADS-L] vagazzle/vajazzle   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Laurence Horn
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Jonathan Lighter
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Jonathan Lighter
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Jonathan Lighter
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Salikoko Mufwene
• vagazzle/vajazzle   Jonathan Lighter
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Laurence Horn
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Jim Parish
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Laurence Horn
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Judy Prince
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Dave Wilton
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Bill Palmer
• Time and banned words   Jonathan Lighter
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Jonathan Lighter
• Time and banned words   Baker, John
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Jim Parish
• Time and banned words   Dave Wilton
• "officially" misnumbered centuries   Jonathan Lighter
• Time and banned words   Jonathan Lighter
• Time and banned words   Arnold Zwicky
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Geoffrey Nunberg
• semantic shift: "shrapnel"   Jonathan Lighter
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Jonathan Lighter
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Victor Steinbok
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Garson O'Toole
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Amy West
• semantic shift: "shrapnel"   Wilson Gray
• old new saying   Jonathan Lighter
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Jonathan Lighter
• REVISED Call For Papers ADS NORTHEAST REGION   David Barnhart
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Robin Hamilton
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   George Thompson
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   George Thompson
• Omission of definite article   Kelli Slimp
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Jonathan Lighter
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Robin Hamilton
• Omission of definite article   Jonathan Lighter
• Omission of definite article   Kelli Slimp
• semantic shift: "shrapnel"   Garson O'Toole
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Dave Wilton
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Victor Steinbok
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Victor Steinbok
• semantic shift: "shrapnel"   David A. Daniel
• semantic shift: "shrapnel"   Robin Hamilton
• semantic shift: "shrapnel"   Jonathan Lighter
• semantic shift: "shrapnel"   Dave Wilton
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Joel S. Berson
• semantic shift: "shrapnel"   Jonathan Lighter
• Identifying persons by race or ethnicity in newspapers   Joel S. Berson
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Jonathan Lighter
• What's the Muslim equivalent of "hecksher"?   Mark Mandel
• OT: 1909   Mark Mandel
• comic 1860s pronunciation?   Jonathan Lighter
• "officially" misnumbered centuries   Mark Mandel
• Omission of definite article   Mark Mandel
• Burney Collection   Joel S. Berson
• semantic shift: "shrapnel"   Robin Hamilton
• :-) mostly -- McWhorter on "standard English"   Tom Zurinskas
• "officially" misnumbered centuries   Jonathan Lighter
• comic 1860s pronunciation?   Wilson Gray
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Victor Steinbok
• comic 1860s pronunciation?   Jonathan Lighter
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Laurence Horn
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Tom Zurinskas
• OT: 1909   Joel S. Berson
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Jonathan Lighter
• OT: "officially" misnumbered centuries   Joel S. Berson
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Jonathan Lighter
• Burney Collection   Jonathan Lighter
• OT: "officially" misnumbered centuries   Jonathan Lighter
• OT: "officially" misnumbered centuries   Joel S. Berson
• comic 1860s pronunciation?   Victor Steinbok
• Burney Collection   Robin Hamilton
• comic 1860s pronunciation?   Arnold Zwicky
• comic 1860s pronunciation?   Wilson Gray
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Garson O'Toole
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Victor Steinbok
• semantic shift: "shrapnel"   David A. Daniel
• Omission of definite article   Kelli Slimp
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Margaret Lee
• Omission of definite article   Damien Hall
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   David A. Daniel
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Jonathan Lighter
• semantic shift: "shrapnel"   Jonathan Lighter
• Omission of definite article   Charles Doyle
• "Nor'easter" -- missing definition? and an antedating   Joel S. Berson
• Omission of definite article   Bill Palmer
• "Nor'easter" -- missing definition? and an antedating   Jonathan Lighter
• Alasdair Gray mainly   Joel S. Berson
• "Nor'easter" -- missing definition? and an antedating   Kelli Slimp
• Omission of definite article   Charles Doyle
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Tom Zurinskas
• Alasdair Gray mainly   Arnold Zwicky
• "Old Folks at Home"   Joel S. Berson
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Jonathan Lighter
• "idiocentric" and should it be in the OED [Was: Alasdair Gray mainly]   Joel S. Berson
• "Old Folks at Home"   Jonathan Lighter
• Omission of definite article   Kelli Slimp
• "Old Folks at Home"   Laurence Horn
• "officially" misnumbered centuries   Mark Mandel
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Charles Doyle
• comic 1860s pronunciation?   Mark Mandel
• "idiocentric" and should it be in the OED [Was: Alasdair Gray mainly]   Laurence Horn
• Omission of definite article   Laurence Horn
• Omission of definite article   Charles Doyle
• "Nor'easter" -- missing definition? and an antedating   Mark Mandel
• comic 1860s pronunciation?   Arnold Zwicky
• comic 1860s pronunciation?   Jonathan Lighter
• "Old Folks at Home"   Paul Johnston
• "Nor'easter" -- missing definition? and an antedating   Jesse Sheidlower
• Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...   Seán Fitzpatrick
• "idiocentric" and should it be in the OED [Was: Alasdair Gray mainly]   Joel S. Berson
• Omission of definite article   Bill Palmer
• Random observations on oskie (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "Nor'easter" -- missing definition? and an antedating   Joel S. Berson
• "Nor'easter" -- missing definition? and an antedating   Jonathan Lighter
• "Nor'easter" -- missing definition? and an antedating   Joel S. Berson
• "Nor'easter" -- missing definition? and an antedating   Joel S. Berson
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Random observations on oskie (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
• comic 1860s pronunciation?   Baker, John
• dying a death   Victor Steinbok
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Tom Zurinskas
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Steve Kl.
• dying a death   Robin Hamilton
• dying a death   Benjamin Barrett
• Random observations on oskie (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Random observations on oskie (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• dying a death   Judy Prince
• "Nor'easter" -- missing definition? and an antedating   Wilson Gray
• dying a death   Laurence Horn
• Random observations on oskie (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• "Old Folks at Home"   Wilson Gray
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Tom Zurinskas
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Salikoko Mufwene
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Herb Stahlke
• None of us washes our rental cars (antedating 1985)   Garson O'Toole
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Judy Prince
• Request for member withdrawal   Benjamin Barrett
• Request for member withdrawal   Jocelyn Limpert
• unfriend/ontvrienden   Benjamin Zimmer
• dying a death   Victor Steinbok
• In drag = disguised   Benjamin Barrett
• Omission of definite article   Margaret Lee
• In drag = disguised   Jesse Sheidlower
• Omission of definite article   Damien Hall
• "Nor'easter" -- missing definition? and an antedating   Bill Palmer
• Request for member withdrawal   Bill Palmer
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Geoffrey Nathan
• apple davy?   Michael Sheehan
• Omission of definite article   Jonathan Lighter
• that article   David Barnhart
• unfriend/ontvrienden   Joel S. Berson
• Omission of definite article   Joel S. Berson
• Omission of definite article   Jonathan Lighter
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Bill Palmer
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Jonathan Lighter
• Misdirected posts Re: McWhorter....   Jonathan Lighter
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Geoffrey Nathan
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Arnold Zwicky
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Jonathan Lighter
• from today's NYTimes foodie section   George Thompson
• Omission of definite article   Stone, William
• markers and rats   George Thompson
• Misdirected posts Re: McWhorter....   Baker, John
• that article   Arnold Zwicky
• In drag = disguised   Arnold Zwicky
• In drag = disguised   Arnold Zwicky
• In drag = disguised   Benjamin Zimmer
• apple davy?   Joel S. Berson
• [Once again] "Nor'easter"   Joel S. Berson
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Alice Faber
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Joel S. Berson
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Jonathan Lighter
• markers and rats   George Thompson
• apple davy?   Robin Hamilton
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Mark Mandel
• apple davy?   Mark Mandel
• apple davy?   Robin Hamilton
• apple davy?   Robin Hamilton
• apple davy?   Joel S. Berson
• Omission of definite article   Kelli Slimp
• apple davy?   Joel S. Berson
• Omission of definite article   Benjamin Barrett
• apple davy?   Robin Hamilton
• apple davy?   Robin Hamilton
• apple davy?   Joel S. Berson
• unfriend/ontvrienden   Laurence Horn
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Laurence Horn
• Fwd: Re: Request for member withdrawal   Jesse Sheidlower
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Geoff Nathan
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Jesse Sheidlower
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Wilson Gray
• apple davy?   Robin Hamilton
• apple davy?   Douglas G. Wilson
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Geoff Nathan
• Request for member withdrawal   Tom Zurinskas
• Quote: writing (talking) about music is like dancing about architecture (1983) (singing about football 1982) (singing about economics 1918)   Garson O'Toole
• Request for member withdrawal   Herb Stahlke
• apple davy?   Joel S. Berson
• Request for member withdrawal   Benjamin Barrett
• apple davy?   Joel S. Berson
• apple davy?   Robin Hamilton
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Arnold Zwicky
• Request for member withdrawal   Michael Quinion
• Omission of definite article   Damien Hall
• College / university (was: branch of 'Omission of definite article')   Damien Hall
• Request for member withdrawal   Bill Palmer
• College / university (was: branch of 'Omission of definite article')   Robin Hamilton
• apple davy   Michael Sheehan
• College / university (was: branch of 'Omission of definite article')   Joel S. Berson
• Illnesses [branch of Omission of definite article]   Joel S. Berson
• Request for member withdrawal   Jonathan Lighter
• "I was a consulting."   Arnold Zwicky
• out-Xing X   David Barnhart
• out-Xing X   Jesse Sheidlower
• Request for member withdrawal   Bill Palmer
• out-Xing X   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Blue Northern" [was "Nor'easter"]   Mark Mandel
• Request for member withdrawal   Robin Hamilton
• Request for member withdrawal   Salikoko Mufwene
• out-Xing X   Laurence Horn
• Outing Hamlet [was: out-Xing X]   Joel S. Berson
• Outing Hamlet [was: out-Xing X]   Jesse Sheidlower
• Request for member withdrawal   David A. Daniel
• Request for member withdrawal   Joel S. Berson
• PC-ness   David Barnhart
• Outing Hamlet [was: out-Xing X]   Joel S. Berson
• Einstein said it?   Arnold Zwicky
• Einstein said it?   Jonathan Lighter
• Who coined "irony deficiency"?   Joel S. Berson
• What's the Muslim equivalent of "hecksher"?   Mark Mandel
• Request for member withdrawal   Dennis Baron
• Einstein said it?   Arnold Zwicky
• Einstein said it?   Arnold Zwicky
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Russ McClay
• Request for member withdrawal   Victor Steinbok
• Request for member withdrawal   Joel S. Berson
• Request for member withdrawal   Herb Stahlke
• FW: Re: Request for member withdrawal (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Seán Fitzpatrick
• PC-ness (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Request for member withdrawal (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• norther   Charles Doyle
• Einstein said it?   Baker, John
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Charles Doyle
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Ann Burlingham
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Judy Prince
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Judy Prince
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Bill Palmer
• Census usage/racial terms   Walsh, Barclay
• Request for member withdrawal   Tom Zurinskas
• political correctn   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• political correctn   Salikoko S. Mufwene
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Joel S. Berson
• "flight", verb intr.?   Joel S. Berson
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Joel S. Berson
• Race [was: political correctn]   Joel S. Berson
•       Re: [ADS-L] political correctn   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• political correctn   Dave Wilton
• Census usage/racial terms   Wilson Gray
• political correctn   Laurence Horn
• Race [was: political correctn]   Herb Stahlke
• political correctn   Salikoko S. Mufwene
• political correctn   Salikoko S. Mufwene
• New Zealand 1881 article on American Drink Slang   Michael McKernan
• Census usage/racial terms   Tom Zurinskas
• Borderline antisemitism [follow-up]   Victor Steinbok
• Census usage/racial terms   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Multitasking: learning to text and teach at the same time   Dennis Baron
• New Zealand 1881 article on American Drink Slang   Grant Barrett
• Who coined "irony deficiency"?   Garson O'Toole
• Google (v.), Bing (v.)   Benjamin Zimmer
• "flight", verb intr.?   Arnold Zwicky
• Borderline antisemitism [follow-up]   Tom Zurinskas
• University / College / School (was: College / university)   Damien Hall
• College / university (was: branch of 'Omission of definite article')   Lynne Murphy
• Who coined "irony deficiency"?   Amy West
• Who coined "irony deficiency"?   Joel S. Berson
• Nursery/Reception and Pupil/Student {lowered from: University / College / School]   Joel S. Berson
• The law of conservation of "the"   Joel S. Berson
• Who coined "irony deficiency"?   George Thompson
• PC-ness (UNCLASSIFIED)   Ann Burlingham
• Census usage/racial terms   Jonathan Lighter
• Illnesses [branch of Omission of definite article]   Arnold Zwicky
• University / College / School (was: College / university)   Stone, William
• The law of conservation of "the"   Arnold Zwicky
• McWhorter on "Negro" [Was: on "Negro English"]   Ann Burlingham
• Borderline antisemitism [follow-up]   Jonathan Lighter
• Borderline antisemitism [follow-up] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• PC-ness (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• out-Xing X   Arnold Zwicky
• Quote: writing (talking) about music is like dancing about architecture (1983) (singing about football 1982) (singing about economics 1918)   Shapiro, Fred
• strange use   Victor Steinbok
• "broderick a confession"   Towse
• "broderick a confession"   Grant Barrett
• "broderick a confession"   Benjamin Zimmer
• "_Auroch_, aurochs"?!   Wilson Gray
• "_Auroch_, aurochs"?!   Jonathan Lighter
• PC-ness (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Is this correct for anyone?   Wilson Gray
• Is this correct for anyone?   Jonathan Lighter
• Is this correct for anyone?   Mark Mandel
• gashouse [was: Is this correct for anyone?]   Joel S. Berson
• Census usage/racial terms   Joel S. Berson
• Question about slang " Tango" (=enemy)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Question about slang " Tango" (=enemy)   Jonathan Lighter
• Is this correct for anyone?   Laurence Horn
• Quote: Two things are infinite, as far as we know - the universe and human stupidity (antedating 1947 attrib Einstein 1969)   Garson O'Toole
• _Dittybopper_   Wilson Gray
• _Dittybopper_   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on The Judges: _dry-beg_ "a kind of con game"   Wilson Gray
• _Dittybopper_   Wilson Gray
• "broderick a confession"   Towse
• Quote: writing (talking) about music is like dancing about architecture (1983) (singing about football 1982) (singing about economics 1918)   Victor Steinbok
• Heard on The Judges: _dry-beg_ "a kind of con game"   Jonathan Lighter
• _Dittybopper_   Jonathan Lighter
• "shit in a seabag"   Jonathan Lighter
• "shit in a seabag"   Mark Mandel
• back-formed verb "informate"   Arnold Zwicky
• Quote: Two things are infinite, as far as we know - the universe and human stupidity (antedating 1947 attrib Einstein 1969)   Baker, John
• Guido x 2   Laurence Horn
• Guido x 2   Jonathan Lighter
• _Dittybopper_   Laurence Horn
• guido and guidette   David Barnhart
• "shit in a seabag"   Bill Palmer
• Guido x 2   Dave Wilton
• in/of two minds about   Victor Steinbok
• Guido x 2   Jonathan Lighter
• Guido x 2   Victor Steinbok
• Guido x 2   Mark Mandel
• Guido x 2   Laurence Horn
• A little more from the Jersey Shore   Joel S. Berson
• liften/lighten   Victor Steinbok
• The law of conservation of "the"   Lynne Murphy
• Guido x 2   Alice Faber
• Guido x 2   Wilson Gray
• Guido x 2   George Thompson
• a deadly game of cat and mouse   Jonathan Lighter
• The law of conservation of "the"   Joel S. Berson
• _Skank_ = "female slut"?!   Wilson Gray
• "Yankee Doodle" - from whence and when, and how in the OED?   Joel S. Berson
• strange use   Wilson Gray
• a deadly game of cat and mouse   Robin Hamilton
• Borderline antisemitism [follow-up] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• Fw: guido guidette   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• back-formed verb "informate"   Wilson Gray
• The 1650s "macaroni" and the OED   Joel S. Berson
• Borderline antisemitism [follow-up] (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
• a deadly game of cat and mouse   Baker, John
• "shit in a seabag"   Bill Palmer
• a deadly game of cat and mouse   Joel S. Berson
• Fw: guido guidette   Laurence Horn
• "shit in a seabag"   David A. Daniel
• "shit in a seabag"   Jonathan Lighter
• a deadly game of cat and mouse   Jonathan Lighter
• Quote: writing (talking) about music is like dancing about architecture (1983) (singing about football 1982) (singing about economics 1918)   Garson O'Toole
• guido guidette   Arnold Zwicky
• "shit in a seabag"   Bill Palmer
• Antedating of "New York Mets" (OED 1964)   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "New York Mets" (OED 1964)   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "New York Mets" (OED 1964)   Paul Johnston
• "shit in a seabag"   Wilson Gray
• Quote: writing (talking) about music is like dancing about architecture (1983) (singing about football 1982) (singing about economics 1918)   Victor Steinbok
• a deadly game of cat and mouse   Garson O'Toole
• a deadly game of cat and mouse   Jonathan Lighter
• ears peeled   Jonathan Lighter
• ears peeled   Arnold Zwicky
• "Eat" = _scoff_ or _scarf_?   Wilson Gray
• liften/lighten   Arnold Zwicky
• PC-ness (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• ears peeled   Joel S. Berson
• ears peeled   Victor Steinbok
• retroflexion again   Herb Stahlke
• a deadly game of cat and mouse   Baker, John
• "Have" redux: the rare triple-aux   Laurence Horn
• scoff/scarf   Herb Stahlke
• PC-ness (UNCLASSIFIED)   Seán Fitzpatrick
• Fw: guido guidette   Seán Fitzpatrick
• Quote: everybody talks about the weather (1897) (antedating attrib Charles Dudley Warner 1901, attrib Mark Twain 1915)   Garson O'Toole
• Guido x 2   Charles Doyle
• Quote: everybody talks about the weather (1897) (antedating attrib Charles Dudley Warner 1901, attrib Mark Twain 1915)   Stephen Goranson
• guido guidette   Arnold Zwicky
• Fw: guido guidette   Laurence Horn
• guido guidette   Arnold Zwicky
• ears peeled   Michael Sheehan
• scoff/scarf   Jonathan Lighter
• ears peeled   Baker, John
• "Have" redux: the rare triple-aux   Arnold Zwicky
• Language Log post (with links) on sex-known indefinite "they"   Laurence Horn
• Bad Girls speak   Jonathan Lighter
• Bad Girls speak   Neal Whitman
• Bad Girls speak   Charles Doyle
• Quote: everybody talks about the weather (1897) (antedating attrib Charles Dudley Warner 1901, attrib Mark Twain 1915)   Stephen Goranson
• Sports Subjunctive Indicative   Seán Fitzpatrick
• Quote: everybody talks about the weather (1897) (antedating attrib Charles Dudley Warner 1901, attrib Mark Twain 1915)   Garson O'Toole
• Sports Subjunctive Indicative   Laurence Horn
• Bad Girls speak   Laurence Horn
• scoff/scarf   Laurence Horn
• scoff/scarf   Jonathan Lighter
• Bad Girls speak   Jonathan Lighter
• scoff/scarf   Wilson Gray
• precipee   Jonathan Lighter
• Sports Subjunctive Indicative   Jonathan Lighter
• scoff/scarf   Jonathan Lighter
• precipee   Jonathan Lighter
• scoff/scarf   Wilson Gray
• presipee   Jonathan Lighter
• Sorry!   Jonathan Lighter
• precipee   Charles Doyle
• precipee   Mark Mandel
• precipee   Charles Doyle
• Quote: everybody talks about the weather (1897) (antedating attrib Charles Dudley Warner 1901, attrib Mark Twain 1915)   Garson O'Toole
• Quote: everybody talks about the weather (1897) (antedating attrib Charles Dudley Warner 1901, attrib Mark Twain 1915)   Garson O'Toole
• precipee   Laurence Horn
• HDAS: another undocumented/undocumentable antedating   Wilson Gray
• Quote: everybody talks about the weather (1897) (antedating attrib Charles Dudley Warner 1901, attrib Mark Twain 1915)   Victor Steinbok
• Heard on local NE PA news   Wilson Gray
• HDAS: another undocumented/undocumentable antedating   Jonathan Lighter
• Bad Girls speak   Wilson Gray
• Bad Girls speak   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on local NE PA news   Arnold Zwicky
• Quote: Two things are infinite, as far as we know - the universe and human stupidity (antedating 1947 attrib Einstein 1969)   Shapiro, Fred
• Heard on local NE PA news   Arnold Zwicky
• An a-thornic bot   Joel S. Berson
• Heard on local NE PA news   Wilson Gray
• Heard on local NE PA news   Dan Goodman
• Heard on local NE PA news   Benjamin Zimmer
• Bad Girls speak   Laurence Horn
• Heard on local NE PA news   Laurence Horn
• Heard on local NE PA news   Laurence Horn
• Webster ’s banned for too much sex   Dennis Baron
• Heard on local NE PA news   Leslie Decker
• Heard on local NE PA news   Gordon, Matthew J.
• Stuffed green bell peppers   Wilson Gray
• Heard on local NE PA news   Herb Stahlke
• Stuffed green bell peppers   Bill Palmer
• Quote: everybody talks about the weather (1897) (antedating attrib Charles Dudley Warner 1901, attrib Mark Twain 1915)   Garson O'Toole
• Proverb enlargement!   Jonathan Lighter
• Proverb enlargement!   Charles Doyle
• Heard on local NE PA news   Tom Zurinskas
•       [ADS-L] Heard on local NE PA news   RonButters at AOL.COM
• ears peeled   Laurence Horn
• English phonetic keys - this one for the Bible   Tom Zurinskas
• Heard on local NE PA news   Paul Johnston
• Heard on local NE PA news   Laurence Horn
• Q: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?   Joel S. Berson
• Heard on local NE PA news   Gordon, Matthew J.
• Heard on local NE PA news   Laurence Horn
• Heard on local NE PA news   Michael Covarrubias
• ears peeled   Robin Hamilton
• ears peeled   Laurence Horn
• Troy Aikman   Arnold Zwicky
• ears peeled   Arnold Zwicky
• Heard on local NE PA news   Arnold Zwicky
• Heard on local NE PA news   Laurence Horn
• ears peeled   Robin Hamilton
• House(s)   Joel S. Berson
• sand-blind /gravel-blind   Joel S. Berson
• ears peeled   Robin Hamilton
• sand-blind /gravel-blind   Robin Hamilton
• AP Story on Obama Oratory   Shapiro, Fred
• ears peeled   Robin Hamilton
• Heard on local NE PA news   Herb Stahlke
• House(s)   Herb Stahlke
• AP Story on Obama Oratory   Tom Zurinskas
• "Cheap date" redux   Wilson Gray
• "Cheap date" redux   Joel S. Berson
• Q: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?   Wilson Gray
• "Cheap date" redux   Wilson Gray
• "_Auroch_, aurochs"?!   Wilson Gray
• Nursery/Reception and Pupil/Student {lowered from: University / College / School]   Wilson Gray
• sneak preview   Victor Steinbok
• sneak preview   Victor Steinbok
• "Cheap date" redux   Joel S. Berson
• sneak preview   Arnold Zwicky
• sneak preview   Arnold Zwicky
• Guido x 2   Jonathan Lighter
• Q: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?   Joel S. Berson
• Q: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?   Jonathan Lighter
• Q: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?   Jonathan Lighter
• Q: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?   Joel S. Berson
• Pants on the Ground   nwhitman at ameritech.net
• "Cheap date" redux   George Thompson
• Q: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?   George Thompson
• "Cheap date" redux   Jonathan Lighter
• "Cheap date" redux   Tom Zurinskas
• Guido x 2   Victor Steinbok
• Guido x 2   Victor Steinbok
• the meat and the motion   Charles Doyle
• iPad, iTampon...   Geoffrey S. Nathan
• iPad, iTampon...   Jonathan Lighter
• Q: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?   Wilson Gray
• "_Auroch_, aurochs"?!   Paul Johnston
• Q: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?   Paul Johnston
• Q: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?   Wilson Gray
• the meat and the motion   Laurence Horn
• the meat and the motion   Arnold Zwicky
• the meat and the motion   Wilson Gray
• the meat and the motion   Laurence Horn
• the meat and the motion   Laurence Horn
• Pants on the Ground   Wilson Gray
• the meat and the motion   Jonathan Lighter
• Will the iPad change your life?   Dennis Baron
• the meat and the motion   Benjamin Zimmer
• sneak preview   Victor Steinbok
• Pants on the Ground   Tom Zurinskas
• the meat and the motion   Charles Doyle
• Proverb enlargement!   Amy West
• Pants on the Ground   Bill Palmer
• iPad, iTampon...   Joel S. Berson
• iPad, iTampon... now viral   Geoff Nathan
• Idiom: gnomes of Zurich: little gnomes sitting over ticker tapes in Zurich (antedating 1956 March 7)   Garson O'Toole
• sneak preview   George Thompson
• meaningless-do from Welsh and medieval English military history   Amy West
• Idiom: gnomes of Zurich: little gnomes sitting over ticker tapes in Zurich (antedating 1956 March 7)   George Thompson
• meaningless-do from Welsh and medieval English military history   Geoff Nathan
• meaningless-do from Welsh and medieval English military history   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard over Thanksgiving   Jonathan Lighter
• meaningless-do from Welsh and medieval English military history   George Thompson
• The Times discovers growlers (and selectarians)   Laurence Horn
• meaningless-do from Welsh and medieval English military history   Jonathan Lighter
• font help wanted (was: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?)   Mark Mandel
• Idiom: gnomes of Zurich: little gnomes sitting over ticker tapes in Zurich (antedating 1956 March 7)   Garson O'Toole
• make best   Charles Doyle
• make best   Robin Hamilton
• Q: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?   Joel S. Berson
• Q: Translate the "Yanker didel" lyrics?   Joel S. Berson
• make best   Joel S. Berson
• make best   Robin Hamilton
• make best   Joel S. Berson
• sneak preview   Garson O'Toole
• "spiffy" and "spiffing"   Judy Prince
• "spiffy" and "spiffing"   Bill Palmer
• "spiffy" and "spiffing"   Joel S. Berson
• "spiffy" and "spiffing"   Jonathan Lighter
• Sambo   James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
• Now, THIS is a nutcase! (not a listmember)   Mark Mandel
• Quote: everybody talks about the weather (1897) (antedating attrib Charles Dudley Warner 1901, attrib Mark Twain 1915)   George Thompson
• Sambo   Jonathan Lighter
• "ride that goat"   Dan Goodman
• Sambo -- not 1861 or 1704, but 1657   Joel S. Berson
• Weather and other conversation topics   Joel S. Berson
• Everybody talks about the weather   Joel S. Berson
• "ride that goat"   Jonathan Lighter
• "ride that goat"   Garson O'Toole
• McWhorter's _Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue_ Re: meaningless-do from Welsh and medieval English military history   Amy West
• Amazon stops selling books published by Macmillan   Dennis Baron
• Sambo -- not 1861 or 1704, but 1657   Wilson Gray
• McWhorter's _Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue_   Neal Whitman
• McWhorter's _Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue_   Neal Whitman
• _Wash-wash_ : a part of the Nigerian Letter game   Wilson Gray
• "AAVE"   Wilson Gray
• lawyer up antedating 1995-->1990   Victor Steinbok
• lawyer up antedating 1995-->1990   Jesse Sheidlower
• lawyer up antedating 1995-->1990   Jesse Sheidlower
• lawyer up antedating 1995-->1990   Victor Steinbok
• lawyer up antedating 1995-->1990   Shapiro, Fred
• Quote: to play golf is to spoil an otherwise enjoyable walk (antedating 1903)   Garson O'Toole
• "crash blossoms" redux   Laurence Horn
• Sambo -- not 1861 or 1704, but 1657   Jonathan Lighter
• "crash blossoms" redux   Benjamin Zimmer
• "crash blossoms" redux   Laurence Horn
• Sambo -- not 1861 or 1704, but 1657   Joel S. Berson
• "crash blossoms" redux   Mark Mandel
• Sambo -- not 1861 or 1704, but 1657   Robin Hamilton
• "crash blossoms" redux   Sam Clements
• Help   Alison Murie
• Help   Jesse Sheidlower

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