Language Log: Par none
An eggcorn that hasn't yet been catalogued: "par none" for "bar none". I've mislaid the link where I first saw this, but there are plenty of examples on the web, from the realtor who advertises...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Sea turtles rescued from Gulf spill released
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View ArticleLanguage Log: Capping off the spill with a crash blossom
While we're on the subject of grammatically ambiguous oil spill headlines, Larry Horn sends along a nice crash blossom (via the American Dialect Society mailing list). This morning's USA Today...
View ArticleLanguage Log: The Linguists receives an Emmy® nomination
The documentary film The Linguists has just received an Emmy® nomination for "Outstanding Science and Technology Programming". The press release can be found ; for those of you who would like a...
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