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[Ben Zimmer]

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Amy West wrote:
>
> Since Ben (Hey, why wasn't there a Word column in the Boston Globe this
> past weekend?) brings up the issue of variants, let me point out that
> the pron. I gave is for HS teens in Worcester, MA.

Erin McKean, who has been writing the Globe column every other week,
is taking a break. You may see guest columns for those weeks.
Meanwhile, I'm continuing my biweekly schedule. Next Sunday's column
is on a topic of interest to ADS-Lers -- the Dictionary of Modern
Proverbs.

--bgz

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