The New York Times' New Language Columnist

[Laurence Horn]

At 8:48 AM -0500 3/12/10, Amy West wrote:
>Thank goodness! Now I'll have to add that to my usual reading along
>with the Boston Globe's The Word column.
>
>---Amy West
>
>PS So, if he's got a Yale degree in linguistics, does that mean he
>was a student of LH's? If so, well done teacher and student.

Yes, I taught him everything I know about words.  Which, fortunately
for Ben, is not everything *he* knows.

LH

>>Date:    Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:33:36 -0500
>>From:    "Baker, John" <JMB at STRADLEY.COM>
>>Subject: The New York Times' New Language Columnist
>>
>>         From Business Wire:
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>><<March 11, 2010 05:11 PM Eastern Time
>>The New York Times Magazine Names Ben Zimmer as 'On Language' Columnist
>>NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New York Times Magazine announced today
>>the appointment of linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer as the new "On
>>Language" columnist. Mr. Zimmer succeeds William Safire who was the
>>founding and regular columnist until his death last fall. The column is
>>a fixture in The Times Magazine and features commentary on the many
>>facets - from grammar to usage - of our language. "On Language" will
>>appear bi-weekly beginning March 21.
>
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