Word Crimes

[Victor Steinbok]

Predictable... And, yes, I meant Big Frank, not Big Al. Just another 
brain fart. Too distracted.

     VS-)

On 7/15/2014 11:14 PM, Neal Whitman wrote:
> 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:
>> 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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