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Starting: Sun Mar 1 00:47:00 UTC 2015
Ending: Tue Mar 31 13:23:43 UTC 2015
Messages: 308

• [Ads-l] "distraction" -- the (not-so-)new euphemistic apology upon "resigning"?   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Anarchist"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "ultracrepidate" and "anti-ultracrepidationism" & the OED   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] "Out of Schlitz"   Martin Kaminer
• [Ads-l] "Out of Schlitz"   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] "were pick'n up"   Joel S. Berson
• [Ads-l] "were pick'n up"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] "were pick'n up"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "were pick'n up"   Joel S. Berson
• [Ads-l] Early WOTY Contender: Snow Farm   Baker, John
• [Ads-l] "ultracrepidate" and "anti-ultracrepidationism" & the OED   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "were pick'n up"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Early WOTY Contender: Snow Farm   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Early WOTY Contender: Snow Farm   Joel S. Berson
• [Ads-l] Early WOTY Contender: Snow Farm   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "snow-blowed" [was: "were pick'n up"]   Joel S. Berson
• [Ads-l] "snow-blowed" [was: "were pick'n up"]   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "were pick'n up"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Early WOTY Contender: Snow Farm   Baker, John
• [Ads-l] "were pick'n up"   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] "were pick'n up"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] steal = borrow (intentionally or not)   Amy West
• [Ads-l] steal = borrow (intentionally or not)   Geoffrey Steven Nathan
• [Ads-l] Early WOTY Contender: Snow Farm   Amy West
• [Ads-l] "distraction" -- the (not-so-)new euphemistic apology upon "resigning"? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• [Ads-l] steal = borrow (intentionally or not)   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] steal = borrow (intentionally or not)   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] "were pick'n up"   Joel S. Berson
• [Ads-l] Granddog/grandog   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] goyisch and possible ADS search problem   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] goyisch and possible ADS search problem   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] goyisch and possible ADS search problem   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] goyisch and possible ADS search problem   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] goyisch and possible ADS search problem   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] goyisch and possible ADS search problem (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• [Ads-l] Why is National Grammar Day different from all other days?   Baron, Dennis E
• [Ads-l] Why is National Grammar Day different from all other days?   Randy Alexander
• [Ads-l] Why is National Grammar Day different from all other days?   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] Why is National Grammar Day different from all other days?   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• [Ads-l] Why is National Grammar Day different from all other days?   Randy Alexander
• [Ads-l] Early WOTY Contender: Snow Farm   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Upturning Ballet   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] Early WOTY Contender: Snow Farm   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] Upturning Ballet   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Upturning Ballet   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Say what, now?   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] slated = 'expected'   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Spocking - modifying a portrait to look like Star Trek's Spock   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "borne" = "given birth to by" -- archaic?   Joel S. Berson
• [Ads-l] 600,000 year antedating   Joel S. Berson
• [Ads-l] slated = 'expected'   Joel S. Berson
• [Ads-l] slated = 'expected'   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Spocking - modifying a portrait to look like Star Trek's Spock   Tom Zurinskas
• [Ads-l] Spocking - modifying a portrait to look like Star Trek's Spock   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] "borne" = "given birth to by" -- archaic?   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] slated = 'expected'   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Say what, now?   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Say what, now?   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] A new "your/you're, their/there" a-bornen?   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] A new "your/you're, their/there" a-bornen?   GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
• [Ads-l] A post to a Security Agency "alumni" site   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] First-ever court-ordered pronoun?   Baron, Dennis E
• [Ads-l] First-ever court-ordered pronoun?   David Barnhart
• [Ads-l] First-ever court-ordered pronoun?   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] to script = to write (in calligraphy)   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] First-ever court-ordered pronoun?   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] First-ever court-ordered pronoun?   Galen Buttitta
• [Ads-l] A new "your/you're, their/there" a-bornen?   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] First-ever court-ordered pronoun?   Salikoko S. Mufwene
• [Ads-l] First-ever court-ordered pronoun?   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] First-ever court-ordered pronoun?   Salikoko S. Mufwene
• [Ads-l] First-ever court-ordered pronoun?   Tom Zurinskas
• [Ads-l] Seen: "Molten Swing"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "... you must to have at least one."   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Hunting tigers and swatting flies   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] guttural   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] guttural   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] "... you must to have at least one."   Dave Hause
• [Ads-l] "... you must to have at least one."   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• [Ads-l] googly, n. (in cricket) antedated (?) to 1901. OED has 1903   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] "... you must to have at least one."   GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
• [Ads-l] Florida bans terms "global warming" and "climate change"   Tom Zurinskas
• [Ads-l] at least = at the earliest   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] at least = at the earliest   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] at least = at the earliest   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] Florida bans terms "global warming" and "climate change"   Tom Zurinskas
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Monopoly" (Game)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Note on Antedating of "Monopoly" (Game)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "Gonna _Put a Cricket In Your Ear_''   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "Gonna _Put a Cricket In Your Ear_''   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] "Gonna _Put a Cricket In Your Ear_''   paul johnson
• [Ads-l] "Gonna _Put a Cricket In Your Ear_''   Tom Zurinskas
• [Ads-l] "Gonna _Put a Cricket In Your Ear_''   guy1656 at centurylink.net
• [Ads-l] indulgent = 'self-indulgent'   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] indulgent = 'self-indulgent'   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] indulgent = 'self-indulgent'   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Quote: The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. Try . . .   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Quote: We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] indulgent = 'self-indulgent'   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "African-American"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Zen   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "African-American"   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] Zen   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] "Indulge" > "engage"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "front-facing talent": a talking-head sports-analyst who faces the camera   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "Indulge" > "engage"   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] Well, that's unexpected.   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] those danged Eskimos are at it again   George Thompson
• [Ads-l] Well, that's unexpected.   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] CD title, iTunes: "Titty Shakers"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Well, that's unexpected.   Herb Stahlke
• [Ads-l] Quote: He who laughs, lasts   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Quote: He who laughs, lasts   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Quote: He who laughs, lasts   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Well, that's unexpected.   guy1656 at centurylink.net
• [Ads-l] Possible prank entry in Wikipedia for the book "A Glass Eye at a Keyhole"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Possible prank entry in Wikipedia for the book "A Glass Eye at a Keyhole"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] False attribution for "If you are depressed, ..." (Zen comment, too)   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "African-American"   George Thompson
• [Ads-l] The internet of things? More like, the internet of snitches. Now on the Web of Language   Baron, Dennis E
• [Ads-l] The internet of things? More like, the internet of snitches. Now on the Web of Language   Galen Buttitta
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "African-American"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "African-American"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "African-American"   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] Well, that's unexpected.   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] False attribution for "If you are depressed, ..." (Zen comment, too)   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Well, that's unexpected.   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Well, that's unexpected - Fuse vs Fuze?   GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
• [Ads-l] Well, that's unexpected - Fuse vs Fuze?   Arnold Zwicky
• [Ads-l] Fuse vs Fuze?   GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
• [Ads-l] unicorn, dead unicorn   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "African-American"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] False attribution for "If you are depressed, ..." (Zen comment, too)   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "African-American"   George Thompson
• [Ads-l] Fuse vs Fuze?   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Fuse vs Fuze?   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Fuse vs Fuze?   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] The internet of things? More like, the internet of snitches. Now on the Web of Language   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Fire - order (food) prepared, prepare or cook   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] Fuse vs Fuze?   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Fuse vs Fuze?   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] "the trots (a British colloquialism for diarrhea)"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "distraction" -- the (not-so-)new euphemistic apology upon "resigning"   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] "the trots (a British colloquialism for diarrhea)"   Christopher Philippo
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "African-American"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] "the trots (a British colloquialism for diarrhea)"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] "the trots (a British colloquialism for diarrhea)"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "the trots (a British colloquialism for diarrhea)"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "the trots (a British colloquialism for diarrhea)"   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] "the trots (a British colloquialism for diarrhea)"   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] Yet another one new to me   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "the trots (a British colloquialism for diarrhea)"   Douglas G. Wilson
• [Ads-l] Yet another one new to me   Arnold Zwicky
• [Ads-l] Yet another one new to me   Arnold Zwicky
• [Ads-l] Yet another one new to me   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "the trots (a British colloquialism for diarrhea)"   David Barnhart
• [Ads-l] Yet another one new to me   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] "the trots (a British colloquialism for diarrhea)"   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "the trots (a British colloquialism for diarrhea)" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• [Ads-l] Runs, trots, and other maladies   Joan H. Hall
• [Ads-l] Runs, trots, and other maladies   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Runs, trots, and other maladies   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Runs, trots, and other maladies (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• [Ads-l] Has prescriptivism won one?   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] False attribution for "If you are depressed, ..." (Zen comment, too)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "the trots (a British colloquialism for diarrhea)" (UNCLASSIFIED)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Yet another one new to me   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] False attribution for "If you are depressed, ..." (Zen comment, too)   Jeff Prucher
• [Ads-l] Has prescriptivism won one?   Herb Stahlke
• [Ads-l] Has prescriptivism won one?   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Phrases: continental to the bone, silked to the bone, laid to the natural bone   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Phrases: continental to the bone, silked to the bone, laid to the natural bone   Jesse Sheidlower
• [Ads-l] Quote: We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Phrases: continental to the bone, silked to the bone, laid to the natural bone   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Read: "He was then killed..."   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Read: "He was then killed..."   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Phrases: continental to the bone, silked to the bone, laid to the natural bone   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Read: "He was then killed..."   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Phrases: continental to the bone, silked to the bone, laid to the natural bone   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Phrases: continental to the bone, silked to the bone, laid to the natural bone   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] False attribution for "If you are depressed, ..." (Zen comment, too)   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] Heard on a TV cooking realityshow:   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] erastes and eromenos   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] False attribution for "If you are depressed, ..." (Zen comment, too)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Heard on a TV cooking realityshow:   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Quaint saying   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Quaint saying   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Mormon tea -- not in OED   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] Substitute X for Y, or "all meat tastes like [not chicken but] corned beef"   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] Quaint saying   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Substitute X for Y, or "all meat tastes like [not chicken but] corned beef"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Substitute X for Y, or "all meat tastes like [not chicken but] corned beef"   guy1656 at centurylink.net
• [Ads-l] Quaint phrase   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Substitute X for Y, or "all meat tastes like [not chicken but] corned beef"   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] Dingbat (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
• [Ads-l] Dingbat (UNCLASSIFIED)   Geoffrey Steven Nathan
• [Ads-l] Heard on a TV cooking realityshow:   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] OT: cartoon caption   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Access to EEBO   Robin Hamilton
• [Ads-l] Fwd: Request for help   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Quote: Better mouse trap - slight antedating (attrib Ralph Waldo Emerson 1882 May 11)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Arabic Pledge of Allegiance brings protests   Baron, Dennis E
• [Ads-l] Earliest ideographic writing?   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Earliest ideographic writing?   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Earliest ideographic writing?   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] Earliest ideographic writing?   Dave Hause
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Fakesimile   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Earliest ideographic writing?   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] unicorn, dead unicorn   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] Peculiar use of "alleges" -- a self-alleged-ie?   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] Peculiar use of "alleges" -- a self-alleged-ie?   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Galen Buttitta
• [Ads-l] Further Antedatings of "Blitzkrieg"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Antedatings of "Blitzkrieg"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Further Antedatings of "Blitzkrieg"   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• [Ads-l] Further Antedatings of "Blitzkrieg"   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Further Antedatings of "Blitzkrieg"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Further Antedatings of "Blitzkrieg"   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] Fwd: Peculiar use of "alleges" -- a self-alleged-ie?   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] Peculiar use of "alleges" -- a self-alleged-ie?   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Headline: "Design your dream home on line"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Detrius surely counts, too   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] Headline: "Design your dream home on line"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Detrius surely counts, too   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Stink   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Stink   Geoff Nathan
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] Further Antedatings of "Blitzkrieg"   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Eric Nielsen
• [Ads-l] "swatting"   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] Detrius surely counts, too   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Detrius surely counts, too   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Detrius surely counts, too   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] Facebook: "side-eye"   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] unsubscribe   wordcrafting at GMAIL.COM
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] Detrius surely counts, too   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] popular eggcorn for poplar   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Detrius surely counts, too   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Detrius surely counts, too   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Detrius surely counts, too   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] "swatting"   Nancy Friedman
• [Ads-l] Detrius surely counts, too   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] Detrius surely counts, too   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Let's also consider 'Detrus'   guy1656 at centurylink.net
• [Ads-l] All well   Joe Salmons
• [Ads-l] All well   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] All well   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] All well   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] The p-word   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] "swatting"   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Anecdote: Your bald head feels as smooth as my wife's cheek   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] hypercorrect pluralization of attributives   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] hypercorrect pluralization of attributives   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] hypercorrect pluralization of attributives   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] hypercorrect pluralization of attributives   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] hypercorrect pluralization of attributives   Joe Salmons
• [Ads-l] All well   Joe Salmons
• [Ads-l] hypercorrect pluralization of attributives   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] hypercorrect pluralization of attributives   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] hypercorrect pluralization of attributives   Joel Berson
• [Ads-l] All well   W Brewer
• [Ads-l] Reanalysis of "X is proud to be..."   Matthew Miller
• [Ads-l] siftless   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] siftless   Douglas G. Wilson
• [Ads-l] push comes to shove   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] siftless   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] siftless   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] hypercorrect pluralization of attributives   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Antedating of paradiddle, dating of diddle   Hugo
• [Ads-l] siftless   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] to "question"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] siftless   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Antedating of flam (1796 -> 1735)   Hugo
• [Ads-l] Antedating of paradiddle, dating of diddle   Arnold Zwicky
• [Ads-l] Antedating of ruff, v. (1748 -> 1675)   Hugo
• [Ads-l] Treasure-trove or trove?   Michael Quinion
• [Ads-l] to "question"   berson at att.net
• [Ads-l] Dating of McTwist (October 1984)   Hugo
• [Ads-l] Treasure-trove or trove?   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Treasure-trove or trove?   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] to "question"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Antedating of googly (1903->1892, -> 1878 as googler), googler (1923->1872?)   Hugo
• [Ads-l] to "question"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] to "question"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• [Ads-l] update on troves   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] to "question"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] to "question"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Not "150th anniversary," writes...   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Not "150th anniversary," writes...   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] to "question"   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] to "question"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Not "150th anniversary," writes...   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] Not "150th anniversary," writes...   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] to "question"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Not "150th anniversary," writes...   Benjamin Barrett
• [Ads-l] "swatting"   guy1656 at centurylink.net
• [Ads-l] "swatting"   David Barnhart

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