September 2015 Archives by date
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- [Ads-l] Proverb: Build a man a fire?
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Proverb: Build a man a fire?
Peter Morris
- [Ads-l] Migrant or refugee?
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] Migrant or refugee?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] body = 'human being as a complete person'
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Migrant or refugee?
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] Migrant or refugee?
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
- [Ads-l] I wrote a book about serious BS
Mark Peters
- [Ads-l] body = 'human being as a complete person'
Robin Hamilton
- [Ads-l] body = 'human being as a complete person'
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] body = 'human being as a complete person'
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] body = 'human being as a complete person'
Robin Hamilton
- [Ads-l] body = 'human being as a complete person'
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] antedating Chicom (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] body = 'human being as a complete person'
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] 1770 "tarring and feathering" ((vbl. n.) and "tar and feather" (v.), and the OED
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] healthier, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Migrant or refugee?
Dave Hause
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
Peter Morris
- [Ads-l] ding zui - August 2, 2012
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Migrant or refugee?
Hugo
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
Peter Morris
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] FW: DIPVAC 3 conference: Ottawa, 4-6 May 2015
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] Meeting in Ottawa of DiPVaC3
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] FW: Forgotten title: "migrant" or "refugee"
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] Migrant or refugee?
Amy West
- [Ads-l] Migrant or refugee?
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Forgotten title: "migrant" or "refugee"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Migrant or refugee?
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Modern Proverb: Life is just one damn thing after another
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "to eye off"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] To "boar-hog"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] dear birthmother letter - 1991; DBM
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] a couple of quotations: sources needed
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "to eye off"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] a couple of quotations: sources needed
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] a couple of quotations: sources needed
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Joke: "What do you think of his execution?" "I'm in favor of it"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Joke: "What do you think of his execution?" "I'm in favor of it"
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Joke: "What do you think of his execution?" "I'm in favor of it"
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] pop a cap: big antedating
Hugo
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "to eye off"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "there is always room higher up" 1854 (and 1853?)
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "to eye off"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] GWTW quote
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [Ads-l] GWTW quote
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "to eye off"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "to eye off"
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Joke: "What do you think of his execution?" "I'm in favor of it"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- [Ads-l] Joke: "What do you think of his execution?" "I'm in favor of it"
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] Joke: "What do you think of his execution?" "I'm in favor of it"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "there is always room higher up" 1854 (and 1853?)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] a couple of quotations: sources needed
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] a couple of quotations: sources needed
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Joke: "What do you think of his execution?" "I'm in favor of it"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Call for participation in research on language learning
"Rémi A. van Compernolle"
- [Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote?
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Now 1852, was Re: [ADS-L] "there is always room higher up" 1854 (and 1853?)
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Joke: "What do you think of his execution?" "I'm in favor of it"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote?
Christopher Philippo
- [Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] What's your pronoun? Now on the Web of Language
Baron, Dennis E
- [Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote? (UNCLASSIFIED)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote? (UNCLASSIFIED)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote? (UNCLASSIFIED)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] what's your pronoun on the Web of Language
Baron, Dennis E
- [Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote? (UNCLASSIFIED)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] The Orange County (CA) Register quotes:
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] The Orange County (CA) Register quotes:
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] The Orange County (CA) Register quotes:
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Jiggle the mouse!
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] Jiggle the mouse!
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] An early spelling as "caucus" (1765)
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Karate"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] "West-Corcas" (1745), circus, circle, and "Caucus"?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "West-Corcas" (1745), circus, circle, and "Caucus"?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] The Orange County (CA) Register quotes:
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] healthier, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Heard: "He's inseparable _with_ his buddies."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] An illustration of the "new syntax"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] An illustration of the "new syntax"
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Lost shepherd "skin and bones" but OK, her owner says
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] An illustration of the "new syntax"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "Leaders _incent_ people."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "He was _victim blaming_ those affected."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "He was _victim blaming_ those affected."
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] "Leaders _incent_ people."
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] incent
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] incent
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Joke: "What do you think of his execution?" "I'm in favor of it"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Kamikaze"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bonsai"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Karaoke"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bonsai"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bonsai"
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] on the WOTY watch--"unicorn" and "unicorn poaching"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bonsai"
Peter Morris
- [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Karate"
Peter Morris
- [Ads-l] incent
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "Leaders _incent_ people."
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Bonsai"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Origami"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Teriyaki"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Aikido"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Adage: Youth is wasted on the young (George Bernard Shaw variant April 22, 1931)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] healthier, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] guest-conducted
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] roasted
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Request help: Quote: It simply is not writing. It is, it is only typing. Truman Capote's comment about Jack Kerouac
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "If English was good enough for Jesus..." (New Yorker, 1926)
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Aikido"
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- [Ads-l] Trivia WRT "far afield"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] healthier, n.
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] healthier, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] post-rational
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Trivia WRT "far afield"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] NYT headline
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Teriyaki"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] post-rational
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Adage: Youth is wasted on the young (George Bernard Shaw variant April 22, 1931)
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] post-rational
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Teriyaki"
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] healthier, n.
Dave Hause
- [Ads-l] Japanese food: okanedon(buri)
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Adage: Youth is wasted on the young (George Bernard Shaw variant April 22, 1931)
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] "Meru" [was: healthier, n.]
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Aikido"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] postrationality
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] "old too soon, wise too late"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Oscar's at it again
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] Adage: Youth is wasted on the young (George Bernard Shaw variant April 22, 1931)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "If English was good enough for Jesus..." (New Yorker, 1926)
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "He was _victim blaming_ those affected."
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "Leaders _incent_ people."
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "old too soon, wise too late"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "He was _victim blaming_ those affected."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] postrationality
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "He was _victim blaming_ those affected."
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] postrationality
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Facebook: "He was _victim blaming_ those affected."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] postrationality
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "Are democracy is clearly in jeopardy."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] NYT headline
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] postrationality
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "go all to smash", '20s slang?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] postrationality
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Adage: Youth is wasted on the young (George Bernard Shaw variant April 22, 1931)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Oscar's at it again
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "go all to smash", '20s slang?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- [Ads-l] Oscar's at it again
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] "go all to smash", '20s slang?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] let down = 'let up'
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] let down = 'let up'
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] New to me: _woo-woo sauce_ "Worcestershire sauce"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] let down = 'let up'
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote? (UNCLASSIFIED)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] New to me: _woo-woo sauce_ "Worcestershire sauce"
Amy West
- [Ads-l] New to me: _woo-woo sauce_ "Worcestershire sauce"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] postrationality
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] post-rational
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] post-rational
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] post-rational
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] post-rational
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] post-rational
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] Job posting: Tenure-Track Asst. Sociolinguistics Prof. @ NYU
Grant Barrett
- [Ads-l] Trump Know-Nothing
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Doubly superlative heroes
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] "sock it to me" redux
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] "... down a vicious cycle ..."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "... down a vicious cycle ..."
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "... down a vicious cycle ..."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Help reading a 1721 Boston newspaper
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Susan G Yerkes
- [Ads-l] "trap-setter" 1714 antedates OED2 1903--
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "slender"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] ma=?utf-8?Q?=C3=B1ana_?== tomorrow
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] opistograph, opisthograph
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Susan G Yerkes
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Susan G Yerkes
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Antedating of _fuck_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] ma=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=B1ana_?== tomorrow
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Susan G Yerkes
- [Ads-l] antedating "kick the bucket"
Peter Morris
- [Ads-l] antedating "kick the bucket"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] ma=?utf-8?Q?=C3=B1ana_?== tomorrow
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] ma=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=B1ana_?== tomorrow
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] ma=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=B1ana_?== tomorrow
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] ma=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=B1ana_?== tomorrow
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] ma=?utf-8?Q?=C3=B1ana_?== tomorrow
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] NYTimes MY Alerts goofs, again.
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "Desnuda"
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- [Ads-l] "... down a vicious cycle ..."
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] "When they got their feet...
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] "Desnuda"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "... down a vicious cycle ..."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] Help reading a 1721 Boston newspaper
Douglas G. Wilson
- [Ads-l] Help reading a 1721 Boston newspaper
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "He finally met his matchmaker."
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "Desnuda"
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] Help reading a 1721 Boston newspaper - bombard?
GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
- [Ads-l] Antedating of _fuck_
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Help reading a 1721 Boston newspaper
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Antedating of _fuck_
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Antedating of _fuck_
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Three usage questions
Susan G Yerkes
- [Ads-l] Antedating of _fuck_ (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Bang it here, Glimpse at
Brian Hitchcock
- [Ads-l] Bang it here, Glimpse at
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] Word: blitzscale, blitzscaling
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Antedating of _fuck_
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] Antedating of _fuck_
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Antedating of _fuck_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Some thoughts on singular they
Baron, Dennis E
- [Ads-l] Some thoughts on singular they
Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
- [Ads-l] Some thoughts on singular they
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Some thoughts on singular they
Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock
- [Ads-l] NYT: "... got hold of it."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "He finally met his matchmaker."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Heard: old-school ETX BE
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] _ghost skin_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Werifesteria
Michael Quinion
- [Ads-l] How fundamentalist Mormons cry out
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Werifesteria
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "Miserab[i]list" (adj.) extended to a film genre
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "be absolved of" = "be confirmed or proved of"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] force-retired
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] force-retired (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] force-retired
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] From Slashback.com
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] boiling the frog - a parable
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] force-retired (UNCLASSIFIED)
Galen Buttitta
- [Ads-l] From Slashback.com
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] From Slashback.com
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] force-retired (UNCLASSIFIED)
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] "be absolved of" = "be confirmed or proved of"
Dave Hause
- [Ads-l] "be absolved of" = "be confirmed or proved of"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Antedating of _fuck_
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] Request help: Quote: It simply is not writing. It is, it is only typing. Truman Capote's comment about Jack Kerouac
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Punny, for those speaking the right variety
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Antedating of _fuck_
Dave Wilton
- [Ads-l] "be absolved of" = "be confirmed or proved of"
Dave Hause
- [Ads-l] "be absolved of" = "be confirmed or proved of"
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] "be absolved of" = "be confirmed or proved of"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- [Ads-l] "be absolved of" = "be confirmed or proved of"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "be absolved of" = "be confirmed or proved of"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "NA's"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] censored = 'uncensored' ?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] censored = 'uncensored' ?
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Doonesbury on participles
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] censored = 'uncensored' ?
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Fwd: Doonesbury on participles
GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
- [Ads-l] Doonesbury on participles
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] censored = 'uncensored' ?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] censored = 'uncensored' ?
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] censored = 'uncensored' ?
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Doonesbury on participles
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] censored = 'uncensored' ?
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] censored = 'uncensored' ?
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] censored = 'uncensored' ?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Just a sentence in BE
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Just a sentence in BE
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] stress-eat
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "Happy Birthday" Song
Charles C Doyle
- [Ads-l] Just a sentence in BE
Amy West
- [Ads-l] Just a sentence in BE
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "disenfranchised" = "disenchanted"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CThey_didn=E2=80=99t_?=investigate . . .
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Native American language
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] "disenfranchised" = "disenchanted"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] stress-eat
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Mildly interesting, if you're new to Bostonian
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Native American language
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] It were
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Quote Investigator in N.Y. Times
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] It were
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- [Ads-l] It were
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] a joke, I think, and likely to be an old one
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] It were
Gordon, Matthew J.
- [Ads-l] It were
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "humdinger"
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "humdinger"
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "humdinger"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] On the WOTY watch
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Fwd: Antedating of "humdinger"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] It were
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] It were
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "humdinger"
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] humdinger antedated to 1883
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] "be absolved of" = "be confirmed or proved of"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Fwd: Antedating of "humdinger"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "cover (version)" redux
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] "Bird, slang for a brick of cocaine"
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] an old word repurposed
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] "be absolved of" = "be confirmed or proved of"
Theresa Fisher
- [Ads-l] baby cabs
Joan Hall
- [Ads-l] "Anglench"?
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "Anglench"?
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] "Anglench"?
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Boston regional as heard in movies
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "Anglench"?
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "Anglench"?
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Merely a peeve
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] baby cabs
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Quote Investigator - New York Times, BBC Radio 4, and Book
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "cover (version)" redux
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Quote: Go to other people's berrin's that they may come to yours. (1895)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Quote: Go to other people's berrin's that they may come to yours. (1895)
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Quote Investigator - New York Times, BBC Radio 4, and Book
Jesse Sheidlower
- [Ads-l] Quote: Go to other people's berrin's that they may come to yours. (1895)
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Quote: Go to other people's berrin's that they may come to yours. (1895)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] baby cabs
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Quote: Go to other people's berrin's that they may come to yours. (1895)
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "be absolved of" = "be confirmed or proved of"
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] "NA's"
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] Punny, for those speaking the right variety
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] sleep with - phrase for sexual intimacy
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "NA's"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] "NA's"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "NA's"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "be absolved of" = "be confirmed or proved of"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Quote Investigator - New York Times, BBC Radio 4, and Book
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] I can't resist ....
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] Words Gone Wild
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] when = 'if'
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] when = 'if'
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] when = 'if'
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Words Gone Wild
Baker, John
- [Ads-l] when = 'if'
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] when = 'if'
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] when = 'if'
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] when = 'if'
Neal Whitman
- [Ads-l] "NA's"
Brian Hitchcock
- [Ads-l] when = 'if'
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] when = 'if'
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] when = 'if'
Geoffrey Steven Nathan
- [Ads-l] Quote Investigator - New York Times, BBC Radio 4, and Book
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Words Gone Wild
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] Long sentence about a car
Brian Hitchcock
- [Ads-l] OT: Another one bites the dust.
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] when = 'if'
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] Long sentence about a car
Stephen Goranson
- [Ads-l] Long sentence about a car
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] OT: Another one bites the dust.
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] Kakadu National Park, Australia
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] OT: Another one bites the dust.
Wilson Gray
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