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Starting: Tue Mar 1 22:21:13 UTC 2022
Ending: Fri Apr 1 03:27:29 UTC 2022
Messages: 179

• [Ads-l] bully & buol/bol/bul   Z Sohna
• [Ads-l] Word: Amazonification   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Word: Amazonification   Barretts Mail
    • [Ads-l] Word: Amazonification   Dan Goncharoff
      • [Ads-l] Word: Amazonification   Nancy Friedman
      • [Ads-l] Word: Amazonification   Baker, John
  • [Ads-l] Word: Amazonification   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Jigaboo (1910) Gigaboo (1900) Zigaboo (1896) Ji-ji-boo J. O'Shea (1909)   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] Request help getting scans for saying: fib, downright lie, statistics   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Request help getting scans for saying: fib, downright lie, statistics   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "Westsplaining"   Nancy Friedman
  • [Ads-l] "Westsplaining"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] "casualty"   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] "casualty"   Laurence Horn
  • [Ads-l] "casualty"   dave at wilton.net
    • [Ads-l] "casualty"   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] "casualty"   Dan Goncharoff
      • [Ads-l] "casualty"   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] "casualty"   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] "unclear of the concept"   Amy West
  • [Ads-l] "unclear of the concept"   Laurence Horn
    • [Ads-l] "unclear of the concept"   Mark Mandel
    • [Ads-l] "unclear of the concept"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
      • [Ads-l] "unclear of the concept"   Tom Zurinskas
      • [Ads-l] "unclear of the concept"   Mark Mandel
      • [Ads-l] "unclear of the concept"   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] "unclear of the concept" (now: "not comfortable of")   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Computer"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Computer"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Taboo avoidance strikes again!   Laurence Horn
  • [Ads-l] Taboo avoidance strikes again!   Dan Goncharoff
• [Ads-l] And on a related note …   Laurence Horn
  • [Ads-l] And on a related note …   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Quote: I=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99m_?=supposed to write fantasy worlds, not live in them   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] "yes and" improv(isation)   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] "yes and" improv(isation)   Ben Zimmer
    • [Ads-l] "yes and" improv(isation)   Ben Zimmer
      • [Ads-l] "yes and" improv(isation)   Ben Zimmer
      • [Ads-l] "yes and" improv(isation)   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] "yes and" improv(isation)   Ben Zimmer
      • [Ads-l] "yes and" improv(isation)   Bill Mullins
      • [Ads-l] "yes and" improv(isation)   Bill Mullins
      • [Ads-l] "yes and" improv(isation)   Bill Mullins
      • [Ads-l] "yes and" improv(isation)   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] "yes and" improv(isation)   Geoffrey Nathan
• [Ads-l] Participation Dance - the "Cokey Cokey" (February 1942), later "Hokey Pokey" (US and Australia) the "Hokey Cokey" (Britain)   Peter Reitan
  • [Ads-l] Participation Dance - the "Cokey Cokey" (February 1942), later "Hokey Pokey" (US and Australia) the "Hokey Cokey" (Britain)   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Lost words of Nottinghamshire   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] Floral/Flower Friday   Barretts Mail
  • [Ads-l] Floral/Flower Friday   Dan Goncharoff
    • [Ads-l] Floral/Flower Friday   Barretts Mail
      • [Ads-l] Floral/Flower Friday   Baker, John
      • [Ads-l] Floral/Flower Friday   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] a red herring, if not a red herring   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] a red herring, if not a red herring   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Lies and statistics, another precursor 1885   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] lies and statistics, another precursor 1885   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] Lies and statistics, another precursor 1885   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Those Chestnut Bells! When senile joke the dudelet tells...   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] It's still English, I reckon.   Wilson Gray
• [Ads-l] Undocumentable Army graffito   Wilson Gray
  • [Ads-l] Undocumentable Army graffito   Ben Zimmer
• [Ads-l] R, Niebuhr 1928: "...inner serenity...with quiet courage...."   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Onomastics"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Possible precursor to Huxley (1885) on witnesses as liars, experts   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] Possible precursor to Huxley (1885) on witnesses as liars, experts   Mark Mandel
    • [Ads-l] Possible precursor to Huxley (1885) on witnesses as liars, experts   Stephen Goranson
    • [Ads-l] Possible precursor to Huxley (1885) on witnesses as liars, experts   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] Possible precursor to Huxley (1885) on witnesses as liars, experts   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] Possible precursor to Huxley (1885) on witnesses as liars, experts   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] jorts, himbo   Mark Mandel
• [Ads-l] shig < spoonerism or Cornish English?   Barretts Mail
• [Ads-l] Quote: liars might be divided into three classes - liars, great liars, and scientific witnesses   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Quote: liars might be divided into three classes - liars, great liars, and scientific witnesses   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] Quote: liars might be divided into three classes - liars, great liars, and scientific witnesses   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] Quote: liars might be divided into three classes - liars, great liars, and scientific witnesses   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] witnesses: liars and experts.   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] witnesses: liars and experts.   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] T.H. Huxley knew and wrote to G. W. Wilshere, 1883   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] There is no gravity, the earth sucks   Bill Mullins
  • [Ads-l] There is no gravity, the earth sucks   Jonathan Lighter
    • [Ads-l] There is no gravity, the earth sucks   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] There is no gravity, the earth sucks   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] There is no gravity, the earth sucks   Ben Zimmer
      • [Ads-l] There is no gravity, the earth sucks   Jesse Sheidlower
      • [Ads-l] There is no gravity, the earth sucks   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] There is no gravity, the earth sucks   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] There is no gravity, the earth sucks   Bill Mullins
    • [Ads-l] There is no gravity, the earth sucks   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] There is no gravity, the earth sucks   Wilson Gray
  • [Ads-l] There is no gravity, the earth sucks   James Landau
• [Ads-l] to spam = to repeat (13 Mar 2006)   Barretts Mail
• [Ads-l] Fuckery goes mainstream   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] Fuckery goes mainstream   Nancy Friedman
• [Ads-l] milkshake duck   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Update about the saying: History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] QOTY   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] It=?Windows-1252?Q?=92s_a_bird=3B_It=92s_a_plane=3B_It=92s_?=a boffin   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] It=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_a_bird=3B_It=E2=80=99s_a_plane=3B_It=E2=80=99s_?=a boffin   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] It=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_a_bird=3B_It=E2=80=99s_a_plane=3B_It=E2=80=99s_?=a boffin   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] It=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_a_bird=3B_It=E2=80=99s_a_plane=3B_It=E2=80=99s_?=a boffin   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] It=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_a_bird=3B_It=E2=80=99s_a_plane=3B_It=E2=80=99s_?=a boffin   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] It=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_a_bird=3B_It=E2=80=99s_a_plane=3B_It=E2=80=99s_?=a boffin   Mark Mandel
      • [Ads-l] It=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_a_bird=3B_It=E2=80=99s_a_plane=3B_It=E2=80=99s_?=a boffin   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] It=?Windows-1252?Q?=92s_a_bird=3B_It=92s_a_plane=3B_It=92s_?=a boffin   Stephen Goranson
      • [Ads-l] It=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_a_bird=3B_It=E2=80=99s_a_plane=3B_It=E2=80=99s_?=a boffin   Jonathan Lighter
    • [Ads-l] It=?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=99s_a_bird=3B_It=E2=80=99s_a_plane=3B_It=E2=80=99s_?=a boffin   Ben Yagoda
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Gonzo"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Table Tennis"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   Geoffrey Nathan
  • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   Amy West
    • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   Jonathan Lighter
    • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   victor steinbok
      • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   Dan Goncharoff
      • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   dave at wilton.net
      • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   victor steinbok
  • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   Geoffrey Nathan
    • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   Laurence Horn
  • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   victor steinbok
    • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   Barretts Mail
  • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   Amy West
  • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   Amy West
    • [Ads-l] Off-topic: Cyrillic vs. Roman Writing   dave at wilton.net
• [Ads-l] QOTY candidate: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Won't Let Us Rip Up Children, Like We Do All The Time   victor steinbok
• [Ads-l] Antedating of American Sense of the Word "Football"   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of American Sense of the Word "Football"   Shapiro, Fred
    • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of American Sense of the Word "Football"   Bill Mullins
      • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of American Sense of the Word "Football"   Dan Goncharoff
      • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of American Sense of the Word "Football"   Shapiro, Fred
      • [Ads-l] Further Antedating of American Sense of the Word "Football"   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] Davenport sofa, antedatings   Stephen Goranson
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Texan"   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Motto: Never blame the booster for what the sucker does, May 15, 1939, Damon Runyon   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Slang: booster - confederate who is part of a confidence game (February 13, 1887)   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] More on etymology of "boffin"   Ben Yagoda
• [Ads-l] Zigaboo (forerunner of Jigaboo) - antedated to 1914   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] The cavalry arrives in the nick of time.   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Quote: You have enemies? Good. That means you=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99ve_?=stood up for something, sometime in your life   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Word: protestware   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] qoty possible   Bill Mullins
  • [Ads-l] qoty possible   Mark Mandel
    • [Ads-l] qoty possible   Stephen Goranson
      • [Ads-l] qoty possible   Jonathan Lighter
  • [Ads-l] qoty possible   Peter Reitan
    • [Ads-l] qoty possible   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] qoty possible   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] qoty possible   Jonathan Lighter
      • [Ads-l] qoty possible   Peter Reitan
      • [Ads-l] qoty possible   Baker, John
      • [Ads-l] qoty possible   Peter Reitan
• [Ads-l] Innovative Malapropism   Geoffrey Nathan
• [Ads-l] Antedating of "Gay" (Homosexual, Applied to a Person)   Shapiro, Fred
  • [Ads-l] More Re: Antedating of "Gay" (Homosexual, Applied to a Person)   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Earlier Instance of Etymological Myth for "Posh"   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • [Ads-l] Earlier Instance of Etymological Myth for "Posh"   ADSGarson O'Toole
    • [Ads-l] Earlier Instance of Etymological Myth for "Posh"   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] Earlier Instance of Etymological Myth for "Posh"   Laurence Horn
• [Ads-l] Small antedating of "sci-fi"   Jesse Sheidlower
• [Ads-l] knight in shining armour, 1656   Stephen Goranson
  • [Ads-l] knight in shining armour, 1656   Andy Bach
    • [Ads-l] knight in shining armour, 1656   Jonathan Lighter
• [Ads-l] Another potential QOTY   Bill Mullins
• [Ads-l] Word: pantser, seat-of-the-pants, seat-of-the-pantser   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] Word: pantser, seat-of-the-pants, seat-of-the-pantser   Mark Mandel
    • [Ads-l] Word: pantser, seat-of-the-pants, seat-of-the-pantser   Laurence Horn
      • [Ads-l] Word: pantser, seat-of-the-pants, seat-of-the-pantser   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] Word: pantser, seat-of-the-pants, seat-of-the-pantser   Ben Zimmer
      • [Ads-l] Word: pantser, seat-of-the-pants, seat-of-the-pantser   ADSGarson O'Toole
      • [Ads-l] Word: pantser, seat-of-the-pants, seat-of-the-pantser   Laurence Horn
  • [Ads-l] Word: pantser, seat-of-the-pants, seat-of-the-pantser   Bill Mullins
    • [Ads-l] Word: pantser, seat-of-the-pants, seat-of-the-pantser   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] heckler's veto   Bill Mullins
  • [Ads-l] heckler's veto   Shapiro, Fred
• [Ads-l] Quote: If my mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it, then I know I can achieve it   ADSGarson O'Toole
• [Ads-l] Can anybody help me place this diphthongization in the American South?   Catherine Davies
• [Ads-l] Adage: Everything is connected to everything else   ADSGarson O'Toole
  • [Ads-l] punching up/down   Ben Zimmer
    • [Ads-l] punching up/down   Stanton McCandlish

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