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The On Language column in The New York Times Magazine is no more. Read Ben Zimmer's farewell column nyti.ms/futuretense and follow on Twitter @bgzimmer
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http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/features/magazine/columns/on_language/index.html 18-09-2009 12:35:25
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No NYTimes On Language column this week, but read Ben Zimmer's piece in @NYTimesWeek: How the War of Words Was Won in Cairo http://nyti.ms/hbS3u9
Spoke on WABC's John Batchelor about Egypt's tech-driven language of protest (begins 9 min. in the podcast) http://bit.ly/eVUsOf
Latest NYTimes On Language reader response: Is "have your cake and eat it too" in the reverse order? http://nyti.ms/havecake
NY Times NYTimes On Language: have your cake and eat it, or eat your cake and have it? | http://nyti.ms/eeT4HP
Yiddish version of have your cake + eat it = "You can’t dance at two weddings with one tuchis." (via Ben Zimmer in http://nyti.ms/ffPz1v)
Ben Zimmer chronicles a slow proverb reversal: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/magazine/20FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=1&ref=onlanguage
Unfortunately, NYTimes On Language has come to a close. http://nyti.ms/futuretense Follow Ben Zimmer Ben Zimmer for further updates.
Sorry to report that The New York Times NYTimes On Language has come to a close. Read the final column. http://nyti.ms/futuretense
NYT readers, leave your comments on the final NYTimes On Language column here. http://nyti.ms/OnLangComments
Hugo Lindgren of NYTMag replies to lexicographers abt end of NYTimes On Language column: http://www.jessesword.com/Lindgren.html