The New York Times' New Language Columnist

[Jonathan Lighter]

Congratualations, Ben.  Maybe you can keep the Times in business for a few
more years!

JL

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> 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.
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> >---Amy West
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> >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.
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> Yes, I taught him everything I know about words.  Which, fortunately
> for Ben, is not everything *he* knows.
>
> LH
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> >>Date:    Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:33:36 -0500
> >>From:    "Baker, John" <JMB at STRADLEY.COM>
> >>Subject: The New York Times' New Language Columnist
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> >>         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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