Language Log: William F. Shipley, 1921-2011
[Update: a memorial page for Bill, to which people can contribute thoughts, pictures, etc., can be found here.] It saddens me greatly to report that William F. Shipley passed away on January 20, 2011....
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Yesterday's Beetle Bailey, pointed out by Karen Davis: Sarge's explanation ("He really misses the days when the mailman doesn't come") is obscure at best, but the apparently extraneous negation in his...
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