Word Crimes

[victor steinbok]

I hope I'm not late to the party. It seems Weird Al (son of Mr. Polka, Big
Al Yankovic) really stepped in it with his latest opus. Although he goes
late-medieval on celebrity "word crimes", he gets called out for both being
a prescriptivist and for violating prescriptivist principles. You can start
here

http://goo.gl/HRauu2 and http://goo.gl/z6nxpH

VS-)

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