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William Safire is dead.
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 Francis
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October 3, 2009
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Why it's good to have an editor
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Francis
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September 13, 2009
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Who / Whom?
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 Thomist
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August 3, 2009
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When chiasmus is outlawed, only outlaws will use chiasmus
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Thomist
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July 28, 2009
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edification
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jon
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July 2, 2009
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plural or singular
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Heather
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5
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June 22, 2009
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Article: NY Times mines its data to identify words that reader...
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Bobster
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June 18, 2009
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This Brock--Don't use it.
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Thomist
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June 6, 2009
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Ad seen on this tribe
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Francis
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June 2, 2009
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Library Smut--because you can't resist
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Thomist
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June 1, 2009
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The "blog" of "unnecessary" quotation marks
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Thomist
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May 22, 2009
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The Dumbest Generation?
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Unsubscribed
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May 5, 2009
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Why Don't Kids Like School?
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Thomist
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May 2, 2009
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50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice
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Unsubscribed
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4
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April 17, 2009
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Forte as fort or for-tay
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Kip
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April 13, 2009
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Were Orwell's views on English clouded by class prejudice?
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Unsubscribed
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March 31, 2009
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Peeve: spelling skills and homonyms
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_michael_
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March 25, 2009
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"Sinister dexterity"
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Unsubscribed
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5
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March 25, 2009
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pseudo, quasi, meta, para
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jon
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February 27, 2009
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Palinisms, or, "Let's progress America!"
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Jeau ۞
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February 24, 2009
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Are you smarter than a 3rd grader?
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Jonathan
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December 26, 2008
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Sexual identity
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Edward
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December 21, 2008
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misspelled place names
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Heather
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9
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December 15, 2008
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Question on a Britishism
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Francis
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December 8, 2008
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Insectile paralysis
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Bill
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December 5, 2008
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chosing a new moderator
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Mrs.Purple
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December 1, 2008
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Bush threatens to open library!
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Fifi
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15
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November 28, 2008
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Up is the new down
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_michael_
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14
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November 26, 2008
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linguistic quirks noticed in other languages
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Heather
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November 23, 2008
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tribe is recovering..
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Mrs.Purple
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November 23, 2008
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Collins dictionary says 'meh'
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Mrs.Purple
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November 22, 2008
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Did you hear what Paris Hilton said???
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Jeau ۞
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November 21, 2008
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is lexical specificity "elite" enough for this tribe?
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Erica
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November 11, 2008
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A lifetime in politics
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Unsubscribed
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October 26, 2008
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lexically elite spam?!
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Stephanie
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August 29, 2008
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Vandals busted for fixing typo on historic sign
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Jeau ۞
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August 25, 2008
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Do you agree?
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Jeau ۞
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August 25, 2008
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Newbie
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Fun Sway
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August 1, 2008
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restaurant gaffes
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Heather
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July 31, 2008
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I shuddered in horror . . .
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Anathema
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July 31, 2008
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credo
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jon
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July 31, 2008
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A grammatical dust-up
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Unsubscribed
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July 31, 2008
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Any linguists here?
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Unsubscribed
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July 27, 2008
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kudos to facebook!
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Heather
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July 10, 2008
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A Lesbian by any other name...
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Cap'n
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May 2, 2008
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Didn't know this: can anyone confirm?
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Bobster
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April 20, 2008
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incidence of incidents in which someone says incidences
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Stephanie
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April 14, 2008
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Required reading: eggcorns
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_michael_
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April 7, 2008
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When will they fix it?
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Julie
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April 6, 2008
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Heather? Wherefore art thou, Heather?
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Unsubscribed
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March 27, 2008
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Buzzwords 2007 All We Are Saying, By GRANT BARRETT
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Anamika
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March 25, 2008
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pleaded vs pled?
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Heather
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March 23, 2008
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hung?
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Heather
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February 11, 2008
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“Hey, guys.”
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Unsubscribed
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January 21, 2008
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Publishers?
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Mickey
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January 21, 2008
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"That excuse of a man."
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Unsubscribed
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10
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January 18, 2008
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assortment of obscure (mostly) sexual words
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Stephanie
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January 18, 2008
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Poor typists with large vocabulary seeks opinion
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Lilly
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December 31, 2007
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Help! Need in-law advice
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Marial
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December 29, 2007
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Need your collective intelligence! HELP
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Jai जय ૐ
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December 14, 2007
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does no one proofread before printing?
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Heather
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December 12, 2007
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awkward phrasing
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Heather
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November 25, 2007
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of interest to logophiles and philanthropists
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Stephanie
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November 21, 2007
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Peeve: saying "Think" you instead of "thank" you.
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Unsubscribed
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November 20, 2007
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will not/wo not ok/okay/okai?
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jon
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October 27, 2007
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" NO ONE UNDER " / 21 ALLOWED INSIDE
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Unsubscribed
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October 25, 2007
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articles and abbreviations
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Heather
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3
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October 17, 2007
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Rant about translations... and my patience for errors
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Kip
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October 2, 2007
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The way to Christ is simple
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Unsubscribed
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9
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October 2, 2007
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The greatest of pleasures
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Unsubscribed
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0
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September 28, 2007
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Worterbuch der Indogermanischen Sprachen (Big PDF)
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Anamika
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September 27, 2007
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Ok Josh..
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Marial
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1
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September 23, 2007
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A "Jumbled" poet
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Unsubscribed
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2
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September 22, 2007
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New Tribe: Jumble Bums
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September 12, 2007
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Lovers of Levengers
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Unsubscribed
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September 10, 2007
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word nerds rule!
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Fifi
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August 24, 2007
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What's up w/ moderatorship?
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Anathema
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August 22, 2007
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What about translating Elvis into Latin?
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Unsubscribed
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August 16, 2007
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how many do you know, oh elitist cronies...
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Stephanie
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August 15, 2007
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Proper use of "began to?"
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Anemone
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3
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August 13, 2007
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Newspaper headline "gay-firing law starting"
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Kip
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10
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August 13, 2007
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Imfa Infa Aaaahhhhrrrgg!!!
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->
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5
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August 11, 2007
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british English v. american english "i did used to do"
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Kip
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July 29, 2007
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well and good
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Heather
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July 20, 2007
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This isn't really about Al Gore, but
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Artemisss
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July 10, 2007
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That vs. which
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Craig
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July 9, 2007
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advertising flubs
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Heather
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July 3, 2007
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Mayn't I?
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Unsubscribed
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3
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June 28, 2007
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Hyphenation
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Jeau ۞
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9
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June 26, 2007
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"Mine your own business!"
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Unsubscribed
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4
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June 21, 2007
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adjectival anathema
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Stephanie
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10
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June 20, 2007
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We bore the gods
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Unsubscribed
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2
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June 18, 2007
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Would you believe
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Unsubscribed
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9
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June 17, 2007
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Noize * boi * kewl
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Unsubscribed
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1
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June 15, 2007
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True, that !
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Kip
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June 14, 2007
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Subjunctive
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Kip
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15
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June 11, 2007
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Think of the children!
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Anathema
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8
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June 4, 2007
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of vs for
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Samrat
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2
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June 1, 2007
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passive of a different color.
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Stephanie
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3
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May 31, 2007
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passive?
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Heather
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May 9, 2007
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