Slang a la the NYT

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Kory Stamper appeared in a series of "Ask the Editor" videos at the
website of Merriam-Webster where she is a lexicographer and editor. In
the past, the videos were shown when you visited the site to search
for a word. So the videos achieved wide distribution, and as a
layperson, I thought the commentary was entertaining and valuable.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/index.php


On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:
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> On 10/5/2014 12:49 PM, David Daniel wrote:
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>> I liked her NYT article on slang, then went on to check out the blog and
>> almost immediately, like in line 4, was horrified to see: "...if I lay down
>> on the living room floor..." WTF? World-renowned lexicographer and language
>> writer uses lay for lie? So I decided that whatever else she had to say was
>> probably tainted and I lost interest and stopped reading. Sigh.
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> Me too. I was like "Whoa, dude, ...."
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