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Starting: Sun Jul 1 03:05:21 UTC 2012
Ending: Tue Jul 31 21:04:10 UTC 2012
Messages: 831

• "... can't convince ... _of_ otherwise."   Wilson Gray
• "=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=an expert who can _explain what's this_." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• "=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=an unofficial _portage_ of [app A] to [platform P]."   Wilson Gray
• "[T]he entire nine yards" [3/62]; possible a couple earlier ones   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• "[T]he entire nine yards" [3/62]; possible a couple earlier ones   Jonathan Lighter
• "[T]he entire nine yards" [3/62]; possible a couple earlier ones   Baker, John
• "[T]he entire nine yards" [3/62]; possible a couple earlier ones   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• "[T]he entire nine yards" [3/62]; possible a couple earlier ones   Shapiro, Fred
• "[T]he entire nine yards" [3/62]; possible a couple earlier ones   Stephen Goranson
• "[T]he entire nine yards" [3/62]; possible a couple earlier ones   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• "[T]he entire nine yards" [3/62]; possible a couple earlier ones (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "[T]he whole nine-yards" (July, 1956)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• "[T]he whole nine-yards" (July, 1956)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• "[T]he whole nine-yards" (July, 1956)   Jonathan Lighter
• "[T]he whole nine-yards" (July, 1956)   Joel S. Berson
• "[T]he whole nine-yards" (July, 1956)   Victor Steinbok
• "[T]he whole nine-yards" (July, 1956)   Joel S. Berson
• "[T]he whole nine-yards" (July, 1956)   Victor Steinbok
• "[T]he whole nine-yards" (July, 1956)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• "[T]he whole nine-yards" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "[T]he whole nine-yards" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "_every_ since"   Wilson Gray
• "_every_ since"   George Thompson
• "awe" discussions on screenr   Tom Zurinskas
• "awe" discussions on screenr   Paul Johnston
• "basket case" slightly antedated (?) to Jan. 1919   Stephen Goranson
• "binnacle" pre-1750   Stephen Goranson
• "breathless" = breathtaking (Michele Bachmann)   Ben Zimmer
• "breathless" = breathtaking (Michele Bachmann)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• "cold turkey" (of drug addiction) antedated (?) to 1920   Stephen Goranson
• "conspicuousness" vs. "conspicuity"   Jesse Sheidlower
• "conspicuousness" vs. "conspicuity"   David Barnhart
• "curvy" as an Italian word   Dan Goodman
• "curvy" as an Italian word   Wilson Gray
• "device" in Spam subject line   Barbara Need
• "device" in Spam subject line   Jonathan Lighter
• "device" in Spam subject line   Laurence Horn
• "device" in Spam subject line   Wilson Gray
• "device" in Spam subject line   Garson O'Toole
• "device" in Spam subject line   Arnold Zwicky
• "dull as ditchwater" vs. "dull as dishwater"?   Joel S. Berson
• "evangelical" and the OED   Joel S. Berson
• "evangelical" and the OED   Jesse Sheidlower
• "evangelical" and the OED   Joel S. Berson
• "evangelical" and the OED   Victor Steinbok
• "feint praise"--eggcorn?   Stephen Goranson
• "feint praise"--eggcorn?   Arnold Zwicky
• "feint praise"--eggcorn?   Garson O'Toole
• "feint praise"--eggcorn?   Victor Steinbok
• "feint praise"--eggcorn?   Wilson Gray
• "feint praise"--eggcorn?   Jonathan Lighter
• "formula" > "theory"?   Wilson Gray
• "formula" > "theory"?   Victor Steinbok
• "formula" > "theory"?   Wilson Gray
• "gandy dancer" antedated to 1915   Stephen Goranson
• "gandy dancer" antedated to 1915   Stephen Goranson
• "gandy dancer" antedated to 1915   Wilson Gray
• "gandy dancer" antedated to 1915   Eric Nielsen
• "half of X is wrong; the question is which half"   Joel S. Berson
• "hazing", OED sense 3, needs work   Joel S. Berson
• "hazing", OED sense 3, needs work   Benjamin Barrett
• "hazing", OED sense 3, needs work   Victor Steinbok
• "hazing", OED sense 3, needs work   Dave Wilton
• "hazing", OED sense 3, needs work   Joel S. Berson
• "heads and tails above"   Nancy Friedman
• "hero"   Jonathan Lighter
• "hero"   Garson O'Toole
• "hero"   W Brewer
• "hero"   James Harbeck
• "hero"   Jonathan Lighter
• "hero"   Geoff Nathan
• "hero"   Jonathan Lighter
• "hero"   Joel S. Berson
• "hero"   paul johnson
• "hero"   Jonathan Lighter
• "hero"   Victor Steinbok
• "hero" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "hero" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• "hero" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
• "hero" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "hero" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• "hero" (UNCLASSIFIED)   W Brewer
• "I _peyote out_ with a little valium and=?UTF-8?Q?=EF=BB=BF_?=wine." [NT]   Wilson Gray
• "jobs creation"   Arnold Zwicky
• "jobs creation"   Joel S. Berson
• "jobs market" over the years   Arnold Zwicky
• "jobs market" over the years   Jonathan Lighter
• "jobs market" over the years (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "Monday"   Amy West
• "Monday"   Ben Zimmer
• "Monday"   Laurence Horn
• "Monday"   Joel S. Berson
• "Monday"   Ben Zimmer
• "Monday"   Wilson Gray
• "Monday"   Joel S. Berson
• "Monday"   Paul Johnston
• "Monday"   Laurence Horn
• "Monday"   Wilson Gray
• "Monday"   W Brewer
• "Monday"   Laurence Horn
• "Monday"   W Brewer
• "Monday"   Joel S. Berson
• "Monday"   Tom Zurinskas
• "Monday"   Laurence Horn
• "Monday"   W Brewer
• "Monday"   Paul Johnston
• "Monday"   Joel S. Berson
• "Monday"   Amy West
• "Monday"   Laurence Horn
• "Monday" as racial slur   Ben Zimmer
• "Monday" as racial slur   Jonathan Lighter
• "Monday" as racial slur   Laurence Horn
• "Monday" as racial slur   Dan Goncharoff
• "Monday" as racial slur   Wilson Gray
• "Monday" as racial slur   Ben Zimmer
• "Monday" as racial slur   Michael Everson
• "Monday" as racial slur   Ben Zimmer
• "Monday" as racial slur   Laurence Horn
• "Monday" as racial slur   Michael Everson
• "Monday" as racial slur   Dan Goncharoff
• "Monday" as racial slur   Ben Zimmer
• "Monday" as racial slur   Joel S. Berson
• "Monday" as racial slur   Ben Zimmer
• "Monday" as racial slur   Wilson Gray
• "Monday" as racial slur (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "Monday" as racial slur (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• "move the needle"   Jonathan Lighter
• "move the needle"   Joel S. Berson
• "Never apologize. It's a sign of weakness."   Jonathan Lighter
• "Never apologize. It's a sign of weakness." (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "Never apologize. It's a sign of weakness." (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• "nominalization" = "noun with Greek or Latin suffixes"   Geoffrey Nunberg
• "Not* an eggcorn. Right?   Wilson Gray
• "Not* an eggcorn. Right?   Arnold Zwicky
• "Not* an eggcorn. Right?   Wilson Gray
• "product," mass n.; "militaristics"   Jonathan Lighter
• "put the maginnis on" antedated (?) to 1871   Stephen Goranson
• "put the maginnis on" antedated (?) to 1871   Joel S. Berson
• "put the maginnis on" atedated (?) to 1871   Stephen Goranson
• "showroom"   Arnold Zwicky
• "Sticker" (Verb) Not in OED or M-W   Shapiro, Fred
• "Stock Option" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• "stool pigeon" antedated (?) to 1802   Stephen Goranson
• "summarize"   Charles C Doyle
• "summarize"   Laurence Horn
• "Suspect", v. and n.   Jim Parish
• "Suspect", v. and n.   Jonathan Lighter
• "Suspect", v. and n.   Joel S. Berson
• "Suspect", v. and n.   Wilson Gray
• "Suspect", v. and n.   Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
• "Suspect", v. and n.   Jim Parish
• "Suspect", v. and n.   Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
• "sweet patootie" slightly antedated to Apr. 13, 1918   Stephen Goranson
• "sweet patootie" slightly antedated to Apr. 13, 1918   Jonathan Lighter
• "sweet patootie" slightly antedated to Apr. 13, 1918   Wilson Gray
• "tax" or "penalty"?   Jonathan Lighter
• "tax" or "penalty"?   Dan Goncharoff
• "tax" or "penalty"?   Jonathan Lighter
• "tax" or "penalty"?   Dan Goncharoff
• "tax" or "penalty"?   Jonathan Lighter
• " the bedazzled _vaginas_ "   Joel S. Berson
• "The enemy [always/also] has a vote."   Jonathan Lighter
• "The enemy [always/also] has a vote."   Jonathan Lighter
• "The enemy [always/also] has a vote."   Garson O'Toole
• "The enemy [always/also] has a vote."   Wilson Gray
• "The enemy [always/also] has a vote."   Garson O'Toole
• "The enemy [always/also] has a vote."   Baker, John
• "What part of X don't you understand?"   Arnold Zwicky
• "What part of X don't you understand?"   Laurence Horn
• "What part of X don't you understand?"   Arnold Zwicky
• "Which half?" (teaching or knowing)   Joel S. Berson
• "yeah, yeah" again (another version)   Laurence Horn
• "yeah, yeah" again (another version)   Joel S. Berson
• "yeah, yeah" again (another version)   Laurence Horn
• "yeah, yeah" again (another version)   Jonathan Lighter
• "yeah, yeah" again (another version)   Victor Steinbok
• "yeah, yeah" again (another version)   Jonathan Lighter
• "yeah, yeah" again (another version)   Laurence Horn
• "yeah, yeah" again (another version)   Jonathan Lighter
• "yeah, yeah" again (another version)   Amy West
• "yeah, yeah" again (another versions)   Laurence Horn
• "yeah, yeah" again (another versions)   Garson O'Toole
• "yeah, yeah" again (another versions)   Garson O'Toole
• "yeah, yeah" again (another versions)   Laurence Horn
• "yeah, yeah" again (another versions)   Garson O'Toole
• "yeah, yeah" again (another versions)   Baker, John
• "yeah, yeah" again (another versions)   Laurence Horn
• "yeah, yeah" again (another versions)   Dan Nussbaum
• "yeah, yeah" again (another versions)   Garson O'Toole
• "Yeah, yeah," New York, 1961   Stephen Goranson
• "Yeah, yeah," New York, 1961   Garson O'Toole
• "Your name and other personal data will be _binary-compiled_ into your download."   Wilson Gray
• "Your name and other personal data will be _binary-compiled_ into your download."   Michael Newman
• " … the bedazzled _vaginas_ …"   Wilson Gray
• " … the bedazzled _vaginas_ …"   Benjamin Barrett
• " … the bedazzled _vaginas_ …"   Wilson Gray
• " … the bedazzled _vaginas_ …"   Benjamin Barrett
• " … the bedazzled _vaginas_ …"   Jonathan Lighter
• " … the bedazzled _vaginas_ …"   Wilson Gray
• " … the bedazzled _vaginas_ …"   Laurence Horn
• " … the bedazzled _vaginas_ …"   Wilson Gray
• (w)ringer   Michael Everson
• (w)ringer   Tom Zurinskas
• (w)ringer   Jonathan Lighter
• (w)ringer   Tom Zurinskas
• .   PL
• 1795 references to Johns and their fetishes (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• 6   PL
• 6   Victor Steinbok
• _"Pussi" naiznanku_ ["_Pussy_ Inside Out"]   Wilson Gray
• _"Pussi" naiznanku_ ["_Pussy_ Inside Out"]   Douglas G. Wilson
• _"Pussi" naiznanku_ ["_Pussy_ Inside Out"]   Victor Steinbok
• _"Pussi" naiznanku_ ["_Pussy_ Inside Out"]   Wilson Gray
• _"Pussi" naiznanku_ ["_Pussy_ Inside Out"]   Victor Steinbok
• _"Pussi" naiznanku_ ["_Pussy_ Inside Out"]   Joel S. Berson
• __Escalate_ > "kick upstairs" (as it were)   Wilson Gray
• __Escalate_ > "kick upstairs" (as it were)   Benjamin Barrett
• __Escalate_ > "kick upstairs" (as it were)   Victor Steinbok
• __Escalate_ > "kick upstairs" (as it were)   Wilson Gray
• a construction that could use (to be) studied   Laurence Horn
• a construction that could use (to be) studied   Douglas G. Wilson
• a construction that could use (to be) studied   Laurence Horn
• a construction that could use (to be) studied   Wilson Gray
• a construction that could use (to be) studied   Charles C Doyle
• a construction that could use (to be) studied   Laurence Horn
• a construction that could use (to be) studied   Joel S. Berson
• a construction that could use (to be) studied   Laurence Horn
• a construction that could use (to be) studied   Ben Zimmer
• a construction that could use (to be) studied   Wilson Gray
• A cop-opera meme   Wilson Gray
• A cop-opera meme   Jonathan Lighter
• A cop-opera meme   Victor Steinbok
• A cop-opera meme   Wilson Gray
• A cop-opera meme   Laurence Horn
• A cop-opera meme (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• A cop-opera meme (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• Adage: It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years   Garson O'Toole
• A Fork for Everything (Even Sardines) - Slate Magazine   Victor Steinbok
• A Fork for Everything (Even Sardines) - Slate Magazine   Victor Steinbok
• A narrator on The Doctors:   Wilson Gray
• another "flivver" antedating (?) the cheap vehicle sense   Stephen Goranson
• another "flivver" antedating (?) the cheap vehicle sense   sclements at NEO.RR.COM
• another unrecorded term--message politics   David Barnhart
• Antedating of "Outside the Box" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Antedating of "Outside the Box" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Antedating of "Outside the Box" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dan Goncharoff
• Antedating of "Outside the Box" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• apocrypha = 'trivia'   Jonathan Lighter
• apocrypha = 'trivia'   Dan Goncharoff
• apocrypha = 'trivia'   Wilson Gray
• apocrypha = 'trivia' (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• apocrypha = 'trivia' (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Appalachian English   Michael Everson
• Appalachian English - hit   Bethany Dumas
• Archiving twitter messages   Garson O'Toole
• As heard on TV:   Wilson Gray
• As heard on TV:   Arnold Zwicky
• As heard on TV:   Wilson Gray
• As heard on TV:   Arnold Zwicky
• Atlantic article about library digitization efforts DPLA   Garson O'Toole
• Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 12 Jul 2012 to 13 Jul 2012 (#2012-196)   Damien Hall
• Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 17 Jul 2012 to 18 Jul 2012 (#2012-201)   Katy Steinmetz
• Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 1 Jul 2012 to 2 Jul 2012 (#2012-185)   Damien Hall
• Baltimore Food Porn   Victor Steinbok
• be = 'be like'   Jonathan Lighter
• Ben on the Radio (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Ben on the Radio (UNCLASSIFIED)   Ben Zimmer
• Ben on the Radio (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Ben on the Radio (UNCLASSIFIED)   Ben Zimmer
• bikeshedding   Robert Henderson
• bludgeon antedated (?) to 1729   Stephen Goranson
• bludgeon antedated (?) to 1729   Shapiro, Fred
• blue-ballin', etc.   Victor Steinbok
• blue-ballin', etc.   Jonathan Lighter
• blue-ballin', etc.   Wilson Gray
• Bob's your Uncle antedated (?) to 1928, 1929...   Stephen Goranson
• Bob's your Uncle antedated (?) to 1928, 1929...   Jonathan Lighter
• Bob's your Uncle antedated (?) to 1928, 1929...   Victor Steinbok
• Buh-tocks (was Re: finite ...)   Neal Whitman
• Buh-tocks (was Re: finite ...)   Geoff Nathan
• Buh-tocks (was Re: finite ...)   Wilson Gray
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Wilson Gray
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Herb Stahlke
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Wilson Gray
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Arnold Zwicky
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Tom Zurinskas
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Charles C Doyle
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Laurence Horn
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Arnold Zwicky
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Arnold Zwicky
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Wilson Gray
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Arnold Zwicky
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Wilson Gray
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Joel S. Berson
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Laurence Horn
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Victor Steinbok
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Victor Steinbok
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird"   Laurence Horn
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• Caption on a nature site: "Ruby-_Throat_ Hummingbird" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• CNet headline   Wilson Gray
• CNet headline   Ben Zimmer
• Collective noun needed   Joel S. Berson
• Collective noun needed   Laurence Horn
• Collective noun needed   Garson O'Toole
• Collective noun needed   Joel S. Berson
• Collective noun needed (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Collective noun needed (UNCLASSIFIED)   W Brewer
• Collective noun needed (UNCLASSIFIED)   Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700
• Collective noun needed (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• Collective noun needed (UNCLASSIFIED)   Joel S. Berson
• Collective noun needed (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Collective noun needed (UNCLASSIFIED)   Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700
• cynical folk wisdom   Jonathan Lighter
• cynical folk wisdom   Wilson Gray
• cynical folk wisdom   Dan Goodman
• cynical folk wisdom   Garson O'Toole
• cynical folk wisdom   Jonathan Lighter
• cynical folk wisdom   Garson O'Toole
• de-pantsing (1930), pantsing (1931)   Ben Zimmer
• de-pantsing (1930), pantsing (1931)   Gordon, Matthew J.
• demean = 'to deprecate'   Jonathan Lighter
• derecho   Tom Zurinskas
• Dialect-clash   Wilson Gray
• Dialects of the Presidents?   Dan Goodman
• Dialects of the Presidents?   Tom Zurinskas
• Dialects of the Presidents?   Dan Goodman
• Dialects of the Presidents?   Tom Zurinskas
• Did Chick-fil-A Pretend to Be a Teenage Girl on Facebook? (Updated)   Victor Steinbok
• Did Chick-fil-A Pretend to Be a Teenage Girl on Facebook? (Updated)   Joel S. Berson
• Did Chick-fil-A Pretend to Be a Teenage Girl on Facebook? (Updated)   Victor Steinbok
• displaced relative clause   Michael Newman
• displaced relative clause   Wilson Gray
• displaced relative clause   Jonathan Lighter
• displaced relative clause   Michael Newman
• displaced relative clause   Jonathan Lighter
• displaced relative clause   Wilson Gray
• displaced relative clause   Laurence Horn
• displaced relative clause   Michael Newman
• displaced relative clause   Joel S. Berson
• displaced relative clause   James Harbeck
• displaced relative clause   James Harbeck
• dodge Pompey   Dan Goncharoff
• dodge Pompey   Joel S. Berson
• dodge Pompey   Dan Goncharoff
• dodge Pompey   Joel S. Berson
• dodge Pompey   Dan Goncharoff
• dodge Pompey   Joel S. Berson
• dodge Pompey   Dan Goncharoff
• dodge Pompey   Joel S. Berson
• dodge Pompey   Garson O'Toole
• dudgeon, dudgeon, dudgen, etc.   Stephen Goranson
• dudgeon, dudgeon, dudgen, etc.   Douglas G. Wilson
• Einstein said this?   George Thompson
• Einstein said this?   Garson O'Toole
• entitlement   Geoffrey Nunberg
• eviDENTly, apparentLY   Laurence Horn
• eviDENTly, apparentLY   Wilson Gray
• evolution of an "old saying"   Jonathan Lighter
• evolution of an "old saying"   Wilson Gray
• evolution of an "old saying"   Jonathan Lighter
• extremophile   Jonathan Lighter
• extremophile   Joel S. Berson
• extremophile   W Brewer
• extremophile   Laurence Horn
• extremophile   Wilson Gray
• extremophile   Joel S. Berson
• extremophile   W Brewer
• famous quote syntactically mangled, nobody notices   Jonathan Lighter
• fellow and fella   James Harbeck
• fellow and fella   Jonathan Lighter
• fellow and fella   Wilson Gray
• fickly   Victor Steinbok
• finite--more refined measurement   Victor Steinbok
• finite--more refined measurement   Wilson Gray
• finite--more refined measurement   Jonathan Lighter
• flying saucer and other critters   Victor Steinbok
• flying saucer and other critters   Wilson Gray
• flying saucer and other critters   Jonathan Lighter
• flying saucer and other critters   Wilson Gray
• flying saucer and other critters   Laurence Horn
• for the "most unlikely to succeed" list in Boston?   Laurence Horn
• Found in _Psychological Scoence_,   Wilson Gray
• Frenchers   Gordon, Matthew J.
• From a post to a site:   Wilson Gray
• From a post to a site:   Arnold Zwicky
• From a post to Macworld   Wilson Gray
• From a post to Macworld   Benjamin Barrett
• From a post to Macworld   Herb Stahlke
• From a post to Macworld   Wilson Gray
• From a post to Macworld   W Brewer
• From a post to the NYT WRT the Higgs boson:   Wilson Gray
• From a post to the NYT WRT the Higgs boson:   Jonathan Lighter
• From a Russian site:   Wilson Gray
• From my Facebook "wall":   Wilson Gray
• From NYT Science e-mail: "I first encountered …"   Wilson Gray
• From NYT Science e-mail: "I first encountered …"   W Brewer
• From OED.com   Wilson Gray
• From OED.com   Jonathan Lighter
• From OED.com   Wilson Gray
• From OED.com   Jonathan Lighter
• From OED.com   Wilson Gray
• From OED.com   Jonathan Lighter
• From OED.com -- popping   Joel S. Berson
• From OED.com -- popping   Jonathan Lighter
• From OED.com -- popping   Wilson Gray
• From SlashDot:   Wilson Gray
• From SlashDot:   Laurence Horn
• From SlashDot:   Wilson Gray
• From SlashDot:   Laurence Horn
• From SlashDot:   Wilson Gray
• From SlashDot:   Laurence Horn
• From SlashDot:   Wilson Gray
• From SlashDot:   Douglas G. Wilson
• Fun with phrases: "gentle giant"   Jonathan Lighter
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Jonathan Lighter
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Victor Steinbok
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Laurence Horn
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Victor Steinbok
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Jonathan Lighter
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Laurence Horn
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Wilson Gray
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Charles C Doyle
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Jonathan Lighter
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Joel S. Berson
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Jonathan Lighter
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Charles C Doyle
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Charles C Doyle
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Benjamin Barrett
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Jonathan Lighter
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Joel S. Berson
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Benjamin Barrett
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   W Brewer
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   George Thompson
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Laurence Horn
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Dave Wilton
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Eric Nielsen
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Eric Nielsen
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life"   Laurence Horn
• Fun with phrases: "in a previous life" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• FW: Did the dissent in the health care case misuse an Alexander Hamilton quote?   Shapiro, Fred
• FW: Did the dissent in the health care case misuse an Alexander Hamilton quote?   Joel S. Berson
• FW: Did the dissent in the health care case misuse an Alexander Hamilton quote?   Baker, John
• FW: Did the dissent in the health care case misuse an Alexander Hamilton quote?   Joel S. Berson
• FW: Did the dissent in the health care case misuse an Alexander Hamilton quote?   Baker, John
• FW: Did the dissent in the health care case misuse an Alexander Hamilton quote?   Victor Steinbok
• FW: Did the dissent in the health care case misuse an Alexander Hamilton quote?   Joel S. Berson
• FW: Supreme Court's Earl Warren reads the sports pages first -- is this from Yale's William Lyon Phelps?   Shapiro, Fred
• Fwd: dodge Pompey   Dan Goncharoff
• Fwd: dodge Pompey   Joel S. Berson
• Fwd: gale n.3 -- ? sense 1.b antedating OED?   Joel S. Berson
• Fwd: yeah, no   Sam Raker
• gale n.3 -- ? sense 1.b antedating OED?   Joel S. Berson
• gambling terms, 1734   George Thompson
• geeser antedated (?) to 1884   Stephen Goranson
• Germanophone   Dan Nussbaum
• Germanophone   Wilson Gray
• Google Books Search - erratic behavior   Garson O'Toole
• guys and gals   Joel S. Berson
• Half the money spent on advertising is wasted, but no one knows which half   Garson O'Toole
• Heard on Natty Gee: "=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=are seen as threatening and _confronting_ by others."   Wilson Gray
• Heard on Natty Gee: "=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=are seen as threatening and _confronting_ by others."   Wilson Gray
• Heard on Natty Gee: "=?windows-1252?Q?=85_?=are seen as threatening and _confronting_ by others."   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on Springer   Wilson Gray
• Heard on Springer: "You can't have your cake, and ice cream, too!"   Wilson Gray
• Heard on Springer: "You can't have your cake, and ice cream, too!"   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard on Springer: "You can't have your cake, and ice cream, too!"   Wilson Gray
• Heard on Springer: "You can't have your cake, and ice cream, too!"   Ben Zimmer
• How Do You Like Them Apples?   Baker, John
• How Do You Like Them Apples?   Jonathan Lighter
• Hyperlocal   Benjamin Barrett
• Hyperlocal   Garson O'Toole
• Hyperlocal   Benjamin Barrett
• Hyperlocal   Garson O'Toole
• Hyperlocal   Ben Zimmer
• insourcing   Victor Steinbok
• insourcing   Dan Goncharoff
• Inspirational Passage: Just for Today (1921; different passage 1880)   Garson O'Toole
• Inspirational Passage: Just for Today (1921; different passage 1880)   Dan Goncharoff
• intrusive"of" + pl.   Jonathan Lighter
• intrusive"of" + pl.   Arnold Zwicky
• Is the ADS list OK?   Tom Zurinskas
• Is the ADS list OK?   Jesse Sheidlower
• Is the ADS list OK?   Victor Steinbok
• kodak, v.   Chris Waigl
• kodak, v.   Laurence Horn
• kodak, v.   Joel S. Berson
• kodak, v.   Laurence Horn
• kodak, v.   Michael Newman
• kodak, v.   Wilson Gray
• kodak, v.   Garson O'Toole
• Let's see if this works better Re: Yet more English words in another language   Dan Goodman
• Linguistic curiosity -- names ending in -man   Joel S. Berson
• LINGUIST List 23.2947: Books: The Language in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Mandala   Dan Goodman
• LINGUIST List 23.2947: Books: The Language in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Mandala (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• LINGUIST List 23.2947: Books: The Language in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Mandala (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• London rhymes   Victor Steinbok
• London rhymes   Laurence Horn
• London rhymes   Stone, William
• London rhymes   Wilson Gray
• London rhymes   Laurence Horn
• long + past tense   Benjamin Barrett
• long + past tense   Wilson Gray
• long + past tense   Jonathan Lighter
• long + past tense   Jonathan Lighter
• long + past tense   Dan Goncharoff
• lux   Jonathan Lighter
• lux   Ben Zimmer
• lux   Laurence Horn
• lux   Wilson Gray
• lux   George Thompson
• major antedates!   Laurence Horn
• Major Antedating of "Gross National Product"   Shapiro, Fred
• Major Antedating of "Gross National Product"   Dan Goncharoff
• Major Antedating of "Gross National Product"   Joel S. Berson
• Major Antedating of "Gross National Product"   Victor Steinbok
• Major Antedating of "Gross National Product"   Shapiro, Fred
• Major Antedating of "Gross National Product"   Shapiro, Fred
• marksman   Victor Steinbok
• mediots and preglimony   Arnold Zwicky
• mediots and preglimony   Laurence Horn
• mediots and preglimony   victor steinbok
• mediots and preglimony   Laurence Horn
• mediots and preglimony   W Brewer
• mediots and preglimony   Alice Faber
• mediots and preglimony   Arnold Zwicky
• mediots and preglimony   Nancy Friedman
• meh!   Jonathan Lighter
• meh!   Arnold Zwicky
• meh!   Dan Goncharoff
• meh!   Ben Zimmer
• meh!   Charles C Doyle
• meh!   Wilson Gray
• meh! (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• meh! (UNCLASSIFIED)   Arnold Zwicky
• meh! (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
• meh! (UNCLASSIFIED)   Ben Zimmer
• meh! (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• military crest, topographical crest   Jonathan Lighter
• minizone = mini-calzone   Mark Mandel
• minizone = mini-calzone   victor steinbok
• Mitt Romney, "presidential presumptive nominee"   Joel S. Berson
• mondegreens back in the news   Laurence Horn
• mondegreens back in the news   Wilson Gray
• mondegreens back in the news   Victor Steinbok
• mondegreens back in the news   Laurence Horn
• mondegreens back in the news   Wilson Gray
• more _____ _politics_   David Barnhart
• more early flivver, also spelled fliver, as failure   Stephen Goranson
• more media "old English" BS   Jonathan Lighter
• more media "old English" BS   W Brewer
• more on "Monday"   Amy West
• more on "Monday"   Laurence Horn
• more on "Monday"   Geoff Nathan
• more on "Monday"   Amy West
• more on "Monday"   Joel S. Berson
• more on "Monday"   Victor Steinbok
• more on "Monday"   Jonathan Lighter
• more on "Monday"   Joel S. Berson
• more productive -er   Victor Steinbok
• More Slashdot   Wilson Gray
• mysteries of rhetorical nuance   Jonathan Lighter
• mysteries of rhetorical nuance   Dan Goncharoff
• mysteries of rhetorical nuance   Jonathan Lighter
• mysteries of rhetorical nuance   Neal Whitman
• mysteries of rhetorical nuance   Dan Goncharoff
• mysteries of rhetorical nuance   Jonathan Lighter
• mysteries of rhetorical nuance   Wilson Gray
• mysteries of rhetorical nuance   Joel S. Berson
• New First Use of "Serenity Prayer"   Shapiro, Fred
• New First Use of "Serenity Prayer"   Stephen Goranson
• New First Use of "Serenity Prayer"   Garson O'Toole
• New First Use of "Serenity Prayer"   Shapiro, Fred
• New First Use of "Serenity Prayer"   Stephen Goranson
• New to me:   Wilson Gray
• New Yorker writer resigns after faking Bob Dylan quotes   Garson O'Toole
• Nollywood   Jonathan Lighter
• Nollywood   Arnold Zwicky
• Nollywood   Martin Kaminer
• Nollywood   Laurence Horn
• Nollywood   Martin Kaminer
• Nollywood   Joel S. Berson
• Nollywood   Laurence Horn
• Nollywood   Amy West
• Nollywood (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• no soap, radio   Garson O'Toole
• no soap, radio   Laurence Horn
• No subject   PL
• No subject   Victor Steinbok
• No subject   Dan Nussbaum
• No subject   Victor Steinbok
• nutties   Michael Newman
• nutties   Amy West
• NYT: Zombie Nouns   Wilson Gray
• NYT: Zombie Nouns   Jonathan Lighter
• NYT Bits Daily Update:_NBC and Facebook_ in Olympics Partnership   Wilson Gray
• NYT Bits Daily Update:_NBC and Facebook_ in Olympics Partnership   Joel S. Berson
• NYT Bits Daily Update:_NBC and Facebook_ in Olympics Partnership   Wilson Gray
• NZ   Victor Steinbok
• NZ   Wilson Gray
• Old Roger is Jolly Roger   Stephen Goranson
• one for prescriptive grammarians   Victor Steinbok
• one for prescriptive grammarians   Dan Goncharoff
• one for prescriptive grammarians   Jonathan Lighter
• one for prescriptive grammarians   Victor Steinbok
• one for prescriptive grammarians   Arnold Zwicky
• Online course about power searching from Google   Garson O'Toole
• Out of the ordinary:   Wilson Gray
• Past Subjunctive   Baker, John
• Past Subjunctive   Wilson Gray
• Past Subjunctive   Jonathan Lighter
• Past Subjunctive   Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700
• Past Subjunctive   Neal Whitman
• Past Subjunctive   Joel S. Berson
• Past Subjunctive   Wilson Gray
• Past Subjunctive   Jonathan Lighter
• Past Subjunctive   Douglas G. Wilson
• Past Subjunctive   Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700
• Past Subjunctive   W Brewer
• Past Subjunctive   Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700
• Past Subjunctive   Laurence Horn
• Past Subjunctive   Joel S. Berson
• Past Subjunctive   Jonathan Lighter
• Past Subjunctive   Laurence Horn
• Past Subjunctive   Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700
• Past Subjunctive   Garson O'Toole
• Past Subjunctive   Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700
• Past Subjunctive   Charles C Doyle
• Pittsburghism(?) "jagoff"   Douglas G. Wilson
• Pittsburghism(?) "jagoff"   Arnold Zwicky
• Pittsburghism(?) "jagoff"   Wilson Gray
• Pittsburghism(?) "jagoff"   Jonathan Lighter
• Pittsburghism(?) "jagoff"   Wilson Gray
• Pittsburghism(?) "jagoff"   Jonathan Lighter
• Pittsburghism(?) "jagoff"   Dan Nussbaum
• Pittsburghism(?) "jagoff"   Jonathan Lighter
• Pittsburghism(?) "jagoff"   Joel S. Berson
• Pittsburghism(?) "jagoff"   Wilson Gray
• Play up Pompey (Portsmouth)   Stephen Goranson
• political language   Victor Steinbok
• quote   Arnold Zwicky
• quote   Jonathan Lighter
• quote   Joel S. Berson
• quote   Wilson Gray
• quote   Joel S. Berson
• Quote: Frank Sinatra denounces rock n roll in 1957   Garson O'Toole
• Quote: Frank Sinatra denounces rock n roll in 1957   Wilson Gray
• Quote: Frank Sinatra denounces rock n roll in 1957   Garson O'Toole
• Quote: Frank Sinatra denounces rock n roll in 1957   Garson O'Toole
• Quote: Frank Sinatra denounces rock n roll in 1957   Jonathan Lighter
• Quote: I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught (Winston Churchill 1952 Nov 4)   Garson O'Toole
• Quote: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away   Garson O'Toole
• recommended reading for science fiction writers?   Dan Goodman
• reductionism gone wild   Jonathan Lighter
• reductionism gone wild   Wilson Gray
• reductionism gone wild   Jonathan Lighter
• reductionism gone wild   Victor Steinbok
• reductionism gone wild   Jonathan Lighter
• required plural marking in 2PP   Michael Newman
• required plural marking in 2PP   Benjamin Barrett
• required plural marking in 2PP   Michael Newman
• required plural marking in 2PP   Paul Johnston
• required plural marking in 2PP   Wilson Gray
• required plural marking in 2PP   Michael Everson
• required plural marking in 2PP   W Brewer
• required plural marking in 2PP   Wilson Gray
• required plural marking in 2PP   Benjamin Barrett
• required plural marking in 2PP   Gordon, Matthew J.
• required plural marking in 2PP   Wilson Gray
• required plural marking in 2PP   Michael Newman
• required plural marking in 2PP   Benjamin Barrett
• required plural marking in 2PP   Joel S. Berson
• required plural marking in 2PP   Michael Everson
• required plural marking in 2PP   Wilson Gray
• required plural marking in 2PP   Benjamin Barrett
• required plural marking in 2PP   Michael Newman
• required plural marking in 2PP   Michael Newman
• required plural marking in 2PP   Benjamin Barrett
• required plural marking in 2PP   Michael Newman
• required plural marking in 2PP   Benjamin Barrett
• required plural marking in 2PP   Jonathan Lighter
• required plural marking in 2PP   Laurence Horn
• required plural marking in 2PP   Wilson Gray
• required plural marking in 2PP   Benjamin Barrett
• required plural marking in 2PP   W Brewer
• reversal? "supported by"   Jonathan Lighter
• reversal? "supported by"   Dan Goncharoff
• reversal? "supported by"   Jonathan Lighter
• reversal? "supported by"   Victor Steinbok
• Reverse "support" again   Neal Whitman
• Reverse "support" again   Neal Whitman
• Roger and Ron are in the July 23 'Yorker:   Wilson Gray
• Rosa's (was "Monday")   Geoff Nathan
• rubbish v.   Victor Steinbok
• Say what, now?   Wilson Gray
• Say what, now?   Victor Steinbok
• Say what, now?   Wilson Gray
• semantics   Victor Steinbok
• Slow News for Today - The World Institute of Slowness   Garson O'Toole
• Slow News for Today - The World Institute of Slowness   David Barnhart
• Slow News for Today - The World Institute of Slowness   Jesse Sheidlower
• Slow News for Today - The World Institute of Slowness   Joel S. Berson
• Slow News for Today - The World Institute of Slowness   Laurence Horn
• Slow News for Today - The World Institute of Slowness   Wilson Gray
• Soojee Moojee antedated to 1874   Stephen Goranson
• Soojee Moojee antedated to 1874   Wilson Gray
• Soojee Moojee antedated to 1874   Dan Goncharoff
• Soojee Moojee antedated to 1874   Dan Goncharoff
• Spain goes P.C.   Wilson Gray
• Speak (the) truth to power (quasi-precursors)   Stephen Goranson
• Speak (the) truth to power (quasi-precursors)   Jonathan Lighter
• Speak (the) truth to power (quasi-precursors)   Joel S. Berson
• Speak (the) truth to power (quasi-precursors)   Jonathan Lighter
• Speaking of Canadians...   Wilson Gray
• spotted in the wild   Victor Steinbok
• strange headline?   Victor Steinbok
• stupid, n.   Jonathan Lighter
• stupid, n.   Laurence Horn
• stupid, n.   Jonathan Lighter
• stupid, n.   Garson O'Toole
• stupid, n.   Dan Goncharoff
• stupid, n.   Ben Zimmer
• stupid, n.   Dan Goncharoff
• tawking the tawk, wawking the wawk   Ben Zimmer
• TechHive   Jonathan Lighter
• The agony of defeat in NYC   Joel S. Berson
• The agony of defeat in NYC   Laurence Horn
• The agony of defeat in NYC   Dan Goncharoff
• The agony of defeat in NYC   Wilson Gray
• The agony of defeat in NYC   Joel S. Berson
• The agony of defeat in NYC   Laurence Horn
• The Anti-Griddle   Victor Steinbok
• The most recent non-apology apology   Joel S. Berson
• The name "Jordyn" (etc.)   Charles C Doyle
• The Navy's TV ad   Wilson Gray
• The Rolling Stones and their zeugmoids   Ben Zimmer
• The Rolling Stones and their zeugmoids   Laurence Horn
• The ultimate "you guys"   Alice Faber
• The ultimate "you guys"   Jonathan Lighter
• The ultimate "you guys"   Alice Faber
• The ultimate "you guys"   Joel S. Berson
• The ultimate "you guys"   Alice Faber
• The writer does but jest, of course.   Wilson Gray
• The writer does but jest, of course. (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Third try: English loanwords in Swedish   Dan Goodman
• thorny apostrophes   Victor Steinbok
• TIME: "=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=enmities that too often _spark_ into violence."   Wilson Gray
• to "summit"   Jonathan Lighter
• to "summit"   Ben Zimmer
• to "summit"   Victor Steinbok
• to "swift-boat" update   Jonathan Lighter
• top and tail   Victor Steinbok
• top and tail   Laurence Horn
• top and tail   Wilson Gray
• top and tail   Laurence Horn
• top and tail   Charles C Doyle
• top and tail   Wilson Gray
• top and tail   Laurence Horn
• top and tail   Victor Steinbok
• top and tail   Joel S. Berson
• top and tail   Charles C Doyle
• Transgender advocates seek new diagnostic terms   Victor Steinbok
• Transgender advocates seek new diagnostic terms   Wilson Gray
• trilateral commission   Victor Steinbok
• wazzock?   Stephen Goranson
• weapons-grade   Jonathan Lighter
• weapons-grade   Wilson Gray
• Where to see past messges.   Tom Zurinskas
• Where to see past messges.   Tom Zurinskas
• white turkey   Victor Steinbok
• white turkey (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• white turkey (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
• whole jingbang antedated to 1838   Stephen Goranson
• whole jingbang antedated to 1838   Jonathan Lighter
• whole jingbang antedated to 1838   Wilson Gray
• whole nine-yards   Stephen Goranson
• whole nine-yards (3 typos corrected, in no. 5, 6 & 8)   Stephen Goranson
• wish list: Regional Dictionary of North American English   Dan Goodman
• Word: showrooming   Garson O'Toole
• Word: showrooming   Arnold Zwicky
• yeah, no   Jonathan Lighter
• yeah, no   Laurence Horn
• yeah, no   Victor Steinbok
• yeah, no   Joel S. Berson
• yeah, no   Ben Zimmer
• yeah, no   Jonathan Lighter
• yeah, no   Jonathan Lighter
• yeah, no   Jonathan Lighter
• yeah, no   Charles C Doyle
• yeah, no   Laurence Horn
• yeah, no   Jonathan Lighter
• yeah, no   Joel S. Berson
• yeah, no   Charles C Doyle
• yeah, no   Laurence Horn
• yeah, no   Charles C Doyle
• yeah, no   Laurence Horn
• yeah, no   Paul Johnston
• yeah, no   Charles C Doyle
• yeah, no   Victor Steinbok
• yeah, no   Laurence Horn
• yeah, no   Dan Goncharoff
• yeah, no   Laurence Horn
• yeah, no   Dan Nussbaum
• yeah, no   W Brewer
• yeah, no   W Brewer
• yeah, no   Victor Steinbok
• yeah, no   Ann Burlingham
• Yet more English words in another language   Dan Goodman
• Youneverknow II   Wilson Gray
• Youneverknow III   Wilson Gray
• Youneverknow III   Jonathan Lighter
• Youneverknow III   Wilson Gray
• Youneverknow III   W Brewer
• Youneverknow III   Wilson Gray
• Youneverknow III   Dan Goncharoff
• Youneverknow III   Benjamin Barrett
• Youneverknow III   Baker, John
• Youneverknow III   Laurence Horn
• Youneverknow III   Jonathan Lighter
• Youneverknow III   Baker, John
• Youneverknow III   Dan Goncharoff
• YYYY   Fred Grossman
• Zinger: My dear, the final 't' is silent as in Harlow (1945)   Garson O'Toole
• Zinger: My dear, the final 't' is silent as in Harlow (1945)   sclements at NEO.RR.COM
• Zinger: My dear, the final 't' is silent as in Harlow (1945)   Garson O'Toole
• Zinger: My dear, the final 't' is silent as in Harlow (1945)   sclements at NEO.RR.COM
• Zinger: My dear, the final 't' is silent as in Harlow (1945)   Garson O'Toole
• Zinger: My dear, the final 't' is silent as in Harlow (improved to 1934)   Garson O'Toole
• Zwicky on "flashing"   Wilson Gray
• Zwicky on "flashing"   Arnold Zwicky

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