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Starting: Wed Oct 1 01:10:00 UTC 2014
Ending: Fri Oct 31 14:10:39 UTC 2014
Messages: 276

• Antedating of "Wobbly" (I.W.W.)   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Landscape Architecture"   Shapiro, Fred
• "What's not to love?"   Stephen Goranson
  • "What's not to love?"   Laurence Horn
  • "What's not to love?"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• ask, n.   Joel S. Berson
  • ask, n.   Dan Goncharoff
  • ask, n.   Wilson Gray
• Advice: Just close your eyes and think of England (the Empire)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Advice: Just close your eyes and think of England (the Empire)   Laurence Horn
  • Advice: Just close your eyes and think of England (the Empire)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Advice: Just close your eyes and think of England (the Empire)   Lisa Galvin
  • Advice: Just close your eyes and think of England (the Empire)   Laurence Horn
  • Advice: Just close your eyes and think of England (the Empire)   Victor Steinbok
  • Advice: Just close your eyes and think of England (the Empire)   W Brewer
  • Advice: Just close your eyes and think of England (the Empire)   Victor Steinbok
  • Advice: Just close your eyes and think of England (the Empire)   Victor Steinbok
• Call for nominations for two American Dialect Society positions   Grant Barrett
• Ebola cliches   Jonathan Lighter
  • Ebola cliches   Laurence Horn
  • Ebola cliches   Dan Goncharoff
• "umbrella revolution" and "occupy Central"   Joel S. Berson
  • "umbrella revolution" and "occupy Central"   David Barnhart
• novel = book   Jonathan Lighter
  • novel = book   Joel S. Berson
• WOTY season has sprung upon us   David Barnhart
  • WOTY season has sprung upon us   Wilson Gray
• "I'd tap that"   Dan Goncharoff
  • "I'd tap that"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "I'd tap that"   victor steinbok
  • "I'd tap that"   Dan Goncharoff
• WOTY season has sprung upon us (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• "whale" = something improbable; cock-and-bull story; falsehood, circa 1700?   Joel S. Berson
  • "whale" = something improbable; cock-and-bull story; falsehood, circa 1700?   David Daniel
  • "whale" = something improbable; cock-and-bull story; falsehood, circa 1700?   Dan Goncharoff
  • "whale" = something improbable; cock-and-bull story; falsehood, circa 1700?   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Tap That   Guy Letourneau
  • Tap That   Dan Goncharoff
  • Tap That   Benjamin Torbert
  • Tap That   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Tap That   Jonathan Lighter
• get one's goat (1906)   Ben Zimmer
  • get one's goat (1906)   Stephen Goranson
  • get one's goat (1906)   Stephen Goranson
  • get one's goat (1906)   Ben Zimmer
  • get one's goat (1906)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • get one's goat (1906)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • get one's goat (1906)   Benjamin Barrett
  • get one's goat (1906)   Ben Zimmer
  • get one's goat (1906)   Douglas G. Wilson
  • get one's goat (1906)   Benjamin Barrett
  • get one's goat (1906)   Baker, John
  • get one's goat (1906)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • get one's goat (1906)   Ben Zimmer
  • get one's goat (1906)   W Brewer
  • get one's goat (1906)   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • get one's goat (1906)   Wilson Gray
  • get one's goat (1906)   Laurence Horn
  • get one's goat (1906)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • get one's goat (1906)   George Thompson
• "flounder", "red-herring", "magic glass", 1703 -- for the OED   Joel S. Berson
  • "flounder", "red-herring", "magic glass", 1703 -- for the OED   Dan Goncharoff
  • "flounder", "red-herring", "magic glass", 1703 -- for the OED   Joel S. Berson
  • "flounder", "red-herring", "magic glass", 1703 -- for the OED   Robin Hamilton
• "His feet are in the cornfield"?   Wilson Gray
• Ebolagate   David Barnhart
  • Ebolagate   Jonathan Lighter
  • Ebolagate   Neal Whitman
  • Ebolagate   Joel S. Berson
• "Terrible Robin"   Joel S. Berson
• Slang a la the NYT   Wilson Gray
  • Slang a la the NYT   Jonathan Lighter
  • Slang a la the NYT   Dave Wilton
  • Slang a la the NYT   Ben Zimmer
  • Slang a la the NYT   Joel S. Berson
  • Slang a la the NYT   David Daniel
  • Slang a la the NYT   Douglas G. Wilson
  • Slang a la the NYT   Neal Whitman
  • Slang a la the NYT   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Slang a la the NYT   David Daniel
  • Slang a la the NYT   David Daniel
  • Slang a la the NYT   Dave Wilton
  • Slang a la the NYT   Laurence Horn
  • Slang a la the NYT   W Brewer
  • Slang a la the NYT   Ben Zimmer
  • Slang a la the NYT   Geoffrey Nunberg
  • Slang a la the NYT   Amy West
• Fable: The mouse and the elephant cross a bridge   ADSGarson O'Toole
• get one's goat   Carl W. Thiel
• Heard on Judge Mathis: "floor" <--> "ground"   Wilson Gray
• "fancy-girl", long antedating 1892-- (OED2)   Joel S. Berson
  • "fancy-girl", long antedating 1892-- (OED2)   Wilson Gray
  • "fancy-girl", long antedating 1892-- (OED2)   Robin Hamilton
  • "fancy-girl", long antedating 1892-- (OED2)   Joel S. Berson
• Rick Aschmann's dialect map   Tom Zurinskas
  • Rick Aschmann's dialect map   Laurence Horn
  • Rick Aschmann's dialect map   Tom Zurinskas
  • Rick Aschmann's dialect map   W Brewer
• "pairage"   Ben Zimmer
• "blowing" = "blowen" (and the OED)   Joel S. Berson
  • "blowing" = "blowen" (and the OED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • "blowing" = "blowen" (and the OED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • "blowing" = "blowen" (and the OED)   Robin Hamilton
  • "blowing" = "blowen" (and the OED)   Wilson Gray
  • "blowing" = "blowen" (and the OED)   Joel S. Berson
  • "blowing" = "blowen" (and the OED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • "blowing" = "blowen" (and the OED)   Robin Hamilton
• another possible WOTY   David Barnhart
• Addendum Re: "blowing" = "blowen" (and the OED)   Joel S. Berson
• "ground" vs. "floor"   Joel S. Berson
  • "ground" vs. "floor"   David Daniel
  • "ground" vs. "floor"   W Brewer
• Typhoon Vongfong   W Brewer
• Another headline   Wilson Gray
  • Another headline   Dan Goncharoff
  • Another headline   Joel S. Berson
  • Another headline   Laurence Horn
  • Another headline   David Barnhart
• Headline: "This Week in _Columbusing_"   Wilson Gray
• Headline: "Goat jumps from roof, kills kid in Turkey"   Wilson Gray
  • Headline: "Goat jumps from roof, kills kid in Turkey"   Laurence Horn
  • Headline: "Goat jumps from roof, kills kid in Turkey"   Benjamin Barrett
  • Headline: "Goat jumps from roof, kills kid in Turkey"   Wilson Gray
• "join to" -- headline problem   Joel S. Berson
• Heard: about a hoarder   Wilson Gray
• "If that don't get my goat"--and a new blog post   Stephen Goranson
• Possible WOTY 2015?   Dan Goncharoff
  • Possible WOTY 2015?   Laurence Horn
  • Possible WOTY 2015?   W Brewer
  • Possible WOTY 2015?   Dan Goncharoff
  • Possible WOTY 2015?   Wilson Gray
  • Possible WOTY 2015?   Jonathan Lighter
  • Possible WOTY 2015?   W Brewer
• Wheelchair extension   Benjamin Barrett
• FSOTY?   Joel S. Berson
• "Good night! Sleep tight!"   Wilson Gray
• Linguistic productivity: happening, fappening, snappening   ADSGarson O'Toole
• Jeremy Renner on the Daily Show   Wilson Gray
  • Jeremy Renner on the Daily Show   Laurence Horn
  • Jeremy Renner on the Daily Show   Wilson Gray
• _Go full sternum_ "wear clothing d=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=A9collet=C3=A9_?=to the waist"   Wilson Gray
• Most Notable Quotations of 2014 So Far?   Shapiro, Fred
  • Most Notable Quotations of 2014 So Far?   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • Most Notable Quotations of 2014 So Far?   Joel S. Berson
  • Most Notable Quotations of 2014 So Far?   Dan Goncharoff
  • Most Notable Quotations of 2014 So Far?   Wilson Gray
• "gets my goat" antedated slightly   Stephen Goranson
• Pocket = mobile device version   Benjamin Barrett
  • Pocket = mobile device version   Joel S. Berson
  • Pocket = mobile device version   Benjamin Barrett
  • Pocket = mobile device version   Laurence Horn
  • Pocket = mobile device version   Joel S. Berson
  • Pocket = mobile device version   W Brewer
• Modern Proverb: If you are not at the table, you may be on the menu.   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Modern Proverb: If you are not at the table, you may be on the menu.   Laurence Horn
  • Modern Proverb: If you are not at the table, you may be on the menu.   Ben Zimmer
  • Modern Proverb: If you are not at the table, you may be on the menu.   Joel S. Berson
  • Modern Proverb: If you are not at the table, you may be on the menu.   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • Modern Proverb: If you are not at the table, you may be on the menu.   Jonathan Lighter
• From the Web: close, but no cigar   Wilson Gray
• Name change in progress   victor steinbok
  • Name change in progress   Tom Zurinskas
• device   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "stepped foot on" (that flight)   Dan Goncharoff
  • [Ads-l] "stepped foot on" (that flight)   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] algorithm   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] algorithm   Dan Goncharoff
  • [Ads-l] algorithm   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "go to school on"   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] "go to school on"   David Daniel
  • [Ads-l] "go to school on"   Dan Goncharoff
  • [Ads-l] "go to school on"   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] "go to school on"   David Daniel
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Debug," "Debugging" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• [Ads-l] "stepped foot on" (that flight) (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Light Year"   Hugo
• [Ads-l] Most Notable Quotations of 2014 So Far? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
  • [Ads-l] Most Notable Quotations of 2014 So Far? (UNCLASSIFIED)   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] interned (for interred)   W Brewer
  • [Ads-l] interned (for interred)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] interned (for interred)   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] Mailing list treatment of quotation marks, apostrophes, and hyphens   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Mailing list treatment of quotation marks, apostrophes, and hyphens   W Brewer
    • [Ads-l] Mailing list treatment of quotation marks, apostrophes, and hyphens   Joel S. Berson
  • [Ads-l] Mailing list treatment of quotation marks, apostrophes, and hyphens   Joel S. Berson
  • [Ads-l] Mailing list treatment of quotation marks, apostrophes, and hyphens   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] testing intelligent quotes   Joel S. Berson
  • [Ads-l] testing intelligent quotes   Dan Goncharoff
  • [Ads-l] testing intelligent quotes   Joel S. Berson
  • [Ads-l] testing intelligent quotes   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] testing intelligent quotes   Joel S. Berson
  • [Ads-l] testing intelligent quotes   W Brewer
  • [Ads-l] testing intelligent quotes   Benjamin Barrett
  • [Ads-l] testing intelligent quotes   Robin Hamilton
  • [Ads-l] testing intelligent quotes   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] testing intelligent quotes   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] testing intelligent quotes   Wilson Gray
  • [Ads-l] testing intelligent quotes   Alice Faber
• [Ads-l] For HDAS, 2nd ed.? ;-)   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] _on the bone_ "ithyphallic; on hard"   Wilson Gray
  • [Ads-l] _on the bone_ "ithyphallic; on hard"   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] _on the bone_ "ithyphallic; on hard"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] ADS-L archive being moved to new system   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] ADS-L archive being moved to new system   Benjamin Barrett
  • [Ads-l] ADS-L archive being moved to new system   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • [Ads-l] ADS-L archive being moved to new system   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] "make love"   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] high quality email lists   Warren Mullen
  • [Ads-l] high quality email lists   Warren Mullen
  • [Ads-l] high quality email lists   Lourdes Bowling
  • [Ads-l] high quality email lists   Lourdes Bowling
• [Ads-l] "Bone in her teeth"   Dan Goncharoff
  • [Ads-l] "Bone in her teeth"   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] "Bone in her teeth"   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] "Bone in her teeth"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] U-boat   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] U-boat   Dan Goncharoff
  • [Ads-l] U-boat   W Brewer
  • [Ads-l] U-boat   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] U-boat   Dan Goncharoff
  • [Ads-l] U-boat   W Brewer
  • [Ads-l] U-boat   Herb Stahlke
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Optimist"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Only the latest ...   David Barnhart
  • [Ads-l] Only the latest ...   W Brewer
  • [Ads-l] Only the latest ...   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Only the latest ...   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
    • [Ads-l] Only the latest ...   Joel S. Berson
  • [Ads-l] Only the latest ...   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] OED antedatings -- General Question   Robin Hamilton
  • [Ads-l] OED antedatings -- General Question   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • [Ads-l] OED antedatings -- General Question   Jesse Sheidlower
  • [Ads-l] OED antedatings -- General Question   George Thompson
• [Ads-l] Gender- and anti-American discrimination in alder-, select- and chair- (and the OED)   Mark Mandel
  • [Ads-l] Gender- and anti-American discrimination in alder-, select- and chair- (and the OED)   Joel S. Berson
• [Ads-l] FW: OED antedatings -- General Question (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• [Ads-l] ethnocide (1944)   Ben Zimmer
  • [Ads-l] ethnocide (1944)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] QOTD   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] RIP Frank Mankiewicz, coiner of "retronym"   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] POTY - "Abundance of Caution"   Geoffrey Steven Nathan
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Brunch"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Appeal for Author Quotations   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Appeal for Author Quotations   Mark Mandel
    • [Ads-l] Appeal for Author Quotations   Shapiro, Fred
      • [Ads-l] Appeal for Author Quotations   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Antedating of OED FIB, n and v.   Robin Hamilton
• [Ads-l] "go pear-shaped"   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] "go pear-shaped"   Robin Hamilton
  • [Ads-l] "go pear-shaped"   Laurence Horn
    • [Ads-l] "go pear-shaped"   Baker, John
  • [Ads-l] "go pear-shaped"   Joel S. Berson
  • [Ads-l] "go pear-shaped"   Neal Whitman
    • [Ads-l] "go pear-shaped"   Laurence Horn
  • [Ads-l] "go pear-shaped"   Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
  • [Ads-l] "Go pear-shaped"   Yagoda, Ben
  • [Ads-l] "Go pear-shaped"   Mark Mandel
  • [Ads-l] "Go pear-shaped"   Wilson Gray
  • [Ads-l] "Go pear-shaped"   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] CLEANED UP -- : Antedating of OED FIB, n and v.   Robin Hamilton
• [Ads-l] Junk Characters (geeky)   Robin Hamilton
  • [Ads-l] Junk Characters (geeky)   Robin Hamilton
• [Ads-l] for the "baby-sat" file...   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] "Jersey dike"; "speed-breaker"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Gardening joke linked to E. Roosevelt: good in a bed but better up against a wall   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Atika Shubert reports the death of Michael Chilufya Sata   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] Quote: If the people don't want to come out to the park, nobody's gonna stop em.   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] The Shakespearean play-goer who complained of the cliches   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] WOTY   David Barnhart
  • [Ads-l] WOTY   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Britspeak :spin, span(!), spun   Wilson Gray
  • [Ads-l] Britspeak :spin, span(!), spun   W Brewer
  • [Ads-l] Britspeak :spin, span(!), spun   David Barnhart
  • [Ads-l] Britspeak :spin, span(!), spun   Charles C Doyle
• [Ads-l] Islamicism   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "technology 'n' stuff"   Laurence Horn

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