[Ads-l] linguistics in the comics: "anymore"

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Sun Mar 8 15:12:19 UTC 2020


> On Mar 8, 2020, at 6:22 AM, Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM> wrote:
> 
> Arnold's probably already collected this, but here's today's Frazz with that "anymore" that Wilson is always talking about:
> 
> https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2020/03/08
> 
> And that's exactly what I shouted when I saw it it the comics this morning: "There's that 'anymore' that Wilson is always talking about!" I was so excited!

Yes, lovely. Thanks for pointing me to it, Amy. I intend to post about it, but it's one of four cartoons that popped up for me in the past two days, all taking some time and work to put in context, so I feel bloggishly overwhelmened.

arnold

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