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Coinkydinks and Big Boxes

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Put A Snap on the Grouch Bag

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Word Encounters of the First Kind

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May-13-08-12:26AM

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Lesbos islanders dispute gay name

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Inside the Radio Show
Here are some submissions for Grant’s list of wrapped foods

May-10-08-8:37AM

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May-11-08-11:11AM

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“which” or “that”?

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Of Framily and pumpkins

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Newsletter for March 17, 2008

Mar-18-08-4:10AM

by Grant Barrett 

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by PDXPaul 

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Road Trip!

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Jan-26-08-8:04AM

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May-07-08-8:50PM

by Joie de Vivienne 

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Celebrate National Grammar Day

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Mar-01-08-5:14AM

by Grant Barrett 

May-07-08-8:01PM

by Joie de Vivienne 

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The Secret Language of Families

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Jan-19-08-9:22AM

by Grant Barrett 

May-07-08-1:23PM

by Tommy 

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Paper to Pixels, Pages to Screens

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Mar-08-08-9:21AM

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Turkey Manhattans

Mar-01-08-4:54PM

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May-05-08-4:37PM

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Shame the most egregious

May-05-08-4:31PM

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by arioso 

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Recommended Reading, Viewing, & Listening
Debunking grammar myths

May-05-08-11:31AM

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May-05-08-3:26PM

by Wordsmith 

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Typewriters We Have Loved

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Jan-05-08-2:39PM

by Grant Barrett 

May-05-08-3:14PM

by Wordsmith 

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Open House, Open Mouth, Open Call
Back to Points of the Compass

Jan-25-08-11:04AM

by Jerry McCann 

May-04-08-10:13PM

by Kristi 

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colloquial expressions

May-03-08-12:04PM

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May-03-08-12:04PM

by cg liddle 

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Open House, Open Mouth, Open Call
Collective nouns for nationalities

Feb-22-08-8:19PM

by Jess Maya 

Apr-29-08-11:47AM

by Grant Barrett 

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Inside the Radio Show
Newsletter for April 29, 2008

Apr-29-08-8:35AM

by Grant Barrett 

Apr-29-08-8:35AM

by Grant Barrett 

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Inside the Radio Show
Newsletter for April 21, 2008

Apr-29-08-8:34AM

by Grant Barrett 

Apr-29-08-8:34AM

by Grant Barrett 

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Open House, Open Mouth, Open Call
Help me with a word… Deaner? or Deener?

Apr-25-08-1:24PM

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Apr-27-08-12:55PM

by Wordsmith 

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Recommended Reading, Viewing, & Listening
Does language shape what we perceive or are our perceptions pure sensory impressions?

Apr-22-08-5:52PM

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Apr-25-08-12:21PM

by Wordsmith 

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May-13-08-2:00PM

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All subjects welcomed here, but no email forwards, please.

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The Lexicographer’s Rules
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Apr-23-08-10:20AM

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