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Some Perfectly Cromulent Words

Sunday, August 03, 2008 by Erin

... are included in a piece I wrote in the Boston Globe, which ran today -- check it out here.

Many thanks to Jan Freeman for letting me keep her chair warm while she's on vacation!

Labels: Globe, guest-columnizing, neologism

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Globe">"What Came First" in the Globe

Sunday, October 14, 2007 by Erin

I got to sub for the wonderful Jan Freeman and camp out in her usual space at the Boston Globe today -- here's the column I wrote about antedating. (Registration may be required, or you can try BugMeNot.com for a password if you prefer not to register.)

Thanks again to Grant Barrett and Ben Zimmer for all their help and great examples ...

(Don't worry, it doesn't have anything to do with the Geico Cavemen.)

Labels: guest-columnizing