"forgettable"

[Laurence Horn]

Oops, sorry, Ron.    Scrolling down to the bottom of my mailer before sending off my reply was apparently forgotten, if not forgettable.

LH

On Jul 24, 2011, at 9:03 PM, ronbutters at AOL.COM wrote:

> "forgettable" = 'should be forgotten'?
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
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>> http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-halloffameinductions
>> "The switch-hitting Alomar won a record 10 Gold Gloves at second base,
>> was a 12-time All-Star and a career .300 hitter. Full of baseball
>> smarts and grace, he’s also linked with one of the game’s most
>> forgettable moments -- he spit on umpire John Hirschbeck during an
>> argument in 1996."
>>
>> So forgettable that it's still being talked about 15 years later?
>>
>> --bgz
>>
>> --
>> Ben Zimmer
>> http://benzimmer.com/
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