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RE: Son of Double Dactyls
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Well, let's hope that changes in the midterms. I am contributing like never before and have signed ......
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October 08, 2018 18:21
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I was reading the other day about someone going to the supermarket for groceries. I call it the gro......
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October 08, 2018 18:11
RE: Mukluks
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Very nice. I love Longfellow....
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October 08, 2018 18:08
Enormity - another new usage?
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We all know that "enormity" is, nowadays, often used to mean great size rather than its traditional ......
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October 07, 2018 21:58
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Hi Kalleh! Dropped the ball, I've been out sick. No, I don't think Trumpista core will change, they ......
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October 07, 2018 10:35
RE: Mukluks
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October 03, 2018 08:13
A fun little quiz
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October 03, 2018 01:16
RE: Mukluks
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Of course I knew what it meant, but not common where I come from....
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October 02, 2018 21:32
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Shu had a good idea - perhaps Language Log could figure out what Bret Kavanaugh's yearbook words mea......
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October 02, 2018 21:29
Personally I consider this whole piece nonsense
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A friend forwarded this link. I rate it every bit as highly as I rate the ludicrous Gwynne's Grammar......
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September 29, 2018 22:14
RE: Mukluks
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"Wreck" is common in my opinion....
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September 29, 2018 15:55
RE: Mukluks
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Good point, Geoff! All I know is that when I was a kid, supper was always where we had our big mea......
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September 28, 2018 13:49
BRUSSELS: VOTE HERE!
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Well done, everyone! 1.I know a young farmer in Brussels Who's busy: he bustles and hustles. He g......
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September 25, 2018 06:00
RE: The dis- game
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Good grief, did that make you all retch so badly that you've forsaken this thread???...
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September 21, 2018 10:05
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So how come the christian types still talk about Jesus' "Last Supper?" Was he from Kansas, blue-eye......
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September 21, 2018 10:03
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When I was a kid in Kansas, we had breakfast in the morning, dinner around noon, and supper in the e......
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September 20, 2018 19:31
RE: Son of Double Dactyls
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Excellent points, and I've heard many of them before. Here's what I don't get - those who haven't r......
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September 19, 2018 20:25
RE: Mukluks
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Well, I wouldn't have chosen any of those. There wasn't a selection for dinner being the evening me......
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September 19, 2018 20:17
RE: The dis- game
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Speaking of gnomes, how about the old Cary Grant movie, ......
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September 18, 2018 13:43
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September 18, 2018 13:39
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September 18, 2018 09:44
RE: Mukluks
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You mean "supper" as opposed to "dinner"? Since '70's, I've only heard "dinner" used in NE in conjun......
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September 17, 2018 21:00
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Thanks, Kalleh! I like to think we're nearing the cusp of a pendulum swing... But.. The polarizatio......
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September 17, 2018 20:52
RE: Mukluks
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Some say it, but it seems to be only older folks. Sue uses it....
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September 11, 2018 07:33
RE: Son of Double Dactyls
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Wow, those are both good! You are dactyly talented. ......
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September 10, 2018 19:59
RE: Mukluks
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What about "supper?" Do they say "supper" in Indiana? That is said all through north, but not in t......
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September 10, 2018 19:56
RE: Is the subjunctive dead?
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Agreed, Geoff. You always ask such good questions. This has been a great conversation (though I ha......
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September 10, 2018 19:47
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Settled-y, Schmettled-y, Brett Michael Kavanaugh Touts: ......
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September 09, 2018 09:18
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September 08, 2018 13:19
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OK, I'll shut up. Geoff, struggling with the difference between "irreal" and "surreal." Hey, where......
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September 08, 2018 12:07
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English used to have a past subjunctive, and “were” of “if I were” is a relic of that. But now for e......
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"Was" still sounds past tense only to me. It implies specificity, not conditionality....
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September 08, 2018 06:58
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September 07, 2018 19:14
LIMERICK GAME: BRUSSELS
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Next limerick location is ......
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September 04, 2018 14:51
RE: Is the subjunctive dead?
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Goofy, I agree with you. I've never noticed much, if any difference....
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September 02, 2018 20:04
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The Candidates: Prologue: Can you figure which one I like best? I'll post it along with the rest. A......
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September 02, 2018 19:02
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We’ve talked about this before, but I think that people including me are confused about it. ......
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August 31, 2018 10:13
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August 31, 2018 04:40
RE: Is the subjunctive dead?
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Sadly I think you're right, goofy. Much as I like the distinction, "if I were" means the same as "if......
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August 30, 2018 20:36
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Writers have been using ......
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August 29, 2018 16:28
Is the subjunctive dead?
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Lately I've heard supposedly educated, professional journalists using the past tense in cases wherei......
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August 29, 2018 12:32
RE: The dis- game
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Oops, sorry Geoff. Chalk it up to senior-yrs dysnomia. Hey, WAIT a minute! ......
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August 28, 2018 16:40
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Yes, agree. Higgledy, Piggledy Sarah E. Huckabee- Sanders is caught between Trump and the press. ......
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August 28, 2018 15:57
RE: Mukluks
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I bet if you do an internet search you'll find commercial knockoffs sold at myriad yuppie boutiques.......
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August 27, 2018 15:57
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Thanks - I particularly like the Trumpity Bumpity. It fits perfectly. Sorrily Sorrily Senator Jo......
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August 26, 2018 19:45
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August 26, 2018 14:56
RE: Mukluks
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Geoff, do you hear the word in the midwest? I sure don't hear it - only years ago from my cousins....
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August 25, 2018 17:11
Roamin' Holiday - Vote Here :-)
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Prologue: Can you figure which one I like best? I'll post it along with the rest. And we'll just wai......
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August 25, 2018 09:43
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Frum Siberian: ......
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August 25, 2018 04:40
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Trumpity Bumpity Mueller and Cohen and Manafort have him in Quite a tight spot. Busily tweeting and......
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