Mike O'Hare, Language Cop

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Mon Aug 20 15:43:13 UTC 2012


On Aug 20, 2012, at 6:21 AM, David A. Daniel wrote:

> But wait. The Economist got it right and O'Hare got it wrong. They were
> playing with the Manners Maketh Man motto. Or am I missing something?
> DAD

Yes, that comes up in the comments, which are actually somewhat informative.

LH
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> Poster:       Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Mike O'Hare, Language Cop
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> http://www.samefacts.com/2012/08/language-and-usage/language-police-blotter/
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> Oy! Just confirms my personal disdain for the Economist.
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