Word Crimes

[Neal Whitman]

You're late to the party; see Ben's LL post: 
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=13455

Also, although you'd think there has to be a family connection between 
two famous accordion players named Yankovic, there isn't. I know, 
because Al Yankovic said so himself when Dr. Demento interviewed him on 
an episode of his radio show back in like 1987. However, I think you're 
referring to Frankie Yankovic.

Neal

On 7/15/2014 8:46 PM, victor steinbok wrote:
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> 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
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> http://goo.gl/HRauu2 and http://goo.gl/z6nxpH
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> VS-)
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