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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Happy birthday to my favorite prescriptivist #174411 03/10/08 12:34 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Henry Fowler. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Happy birthday to my favorite prescriptivist AnnaStrophic #174442 03/10/08 06:01 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Owlbow enthusiast Owlbow enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA I owe the man many a passing grade. Cheers Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Happy birthday to my favorite prescriptivist Owlbow #174444 03/10/08 06:38 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York He's not noted much in these parts, but I have a soft spot for him.... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Happy birthday to my favorite prescriptivist AnnaStrophic #174448 03/10/08 08:13 PM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... L latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast L Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... an e-card for him Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Happy birthday to my favorite prescriptivist AnnaStrophic #175557 04/04/08 11:38 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA I'm crushed. I thought you meant me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Happy birthday to my favorite prescriptivist AnnaStrophic #175561 04/05/08 01:43 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Henry Fowler. He's my fave, too, Anna. For his humor, his ampersands, and his even-handedness, none of the current host of screaming meemees of apostropholatry can touch with a three and half meter pole. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,326 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 585 guests, and 7 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 13 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,539 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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