From Lee's blog, Thursday, July 12, 2007:
"Plea to Oxford Linguistics Faculty:
I had a bone to pick with Dr. Burchfield and discovered that he had gone and died on me. So I kick the can downstream to you guys. You must do something about this twit who heads the American branch of Oxford Dictionary, Jesse Sheidlower. "
In response to one of her diatribes (Dr. Roy Peter Clark of Poynter Institute Takes a Bow here), I wrote:
"Your second explanation about redundant adverbs is just as redundant as the adverbs themselves. Pay attention, you twit."
Her response:
"Call me 'twit' one more time, sugarbritches, and I will cut you out of the loop. A man absent the courage to mount his own blog has no standing to call a woman demeaning names. lee drury de cesare"
Old vinegartits gives it, but can't take it. (I think I need a pet name like "sugarbritches" for Lee as I am now a man with my own blog.)
Monday, August 20, 2007
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