The On Language column in The New York Times Magazine is no more. Read Ben Zimmer's farewell column http://t.co/LGOX7HY6Xc and follow on Twitter @bgzimmer
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On Language - Web: The 20th anniversary of a research proposal that remade the language. http://nyti.ms/im8mbs
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Hugo Lindgren of NYTMag replies to lexicographers abt end of @OnLanguage column: http://www.jessesword.com/Lindgren.html
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To On Language fans -- thanks for the notes. The column is not part of the mix for right now, but it is not dead. Please stay tuned.
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NYT readers, leave your comments on the final @OnLanguage column here. http://nyti.ms/OnLangComments
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I'll be on @WCBS880 at 12:20 pm ET, on the end of @OnLanguage and the future of language. http://bit.ly/erWF5W http://nyti.ms/futuretense
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Sorry to report that @NYTimes @OnLanguage has come to a close. Read the final column. http://nyti.ms/futuretense
Unfortunately, @OnLanguage has come to a close. http://nyti.ms/futuretense Follow Ben Zimmer @bgzimmer for further updates.
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@bgzimmer chronicles a slow proverb reversal: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/magazine/20FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=1&ref=onlanguage
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Yiddish version of have your cake + eat it = "You can’t dance at two weddings with one tuchis." (via @bgzimmer in http://nyti.ms/ffPz1v)
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So "have your cake & eat it" was once "eat your cake & have it." What good is having cake you don't eat? @OnLanguage http://nyti.ms/eeT4HP
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NY Times @OnLanguage: have your cake and eat it, or eat your cake and have it? | http://nyti.ms/eeT4HP
You can't have your cake and eat it too. Or is it "eat" and "have"? http://nyti.ms/hjY2Xz http://fb.me/vVwGQ7r1
Latest @OnLanguage reader response: Is "have your cake and eat it too" in the reverse order? http://nyti.ms/havecake
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Spoke on WABC's @BatchelorShow about Egypt's tech-driven language of protest (begins 9 min. in the podcast) http://bit.ly/eVUsOf
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Man versus Computer NEXT!!! NYT Magazine ON Language Columnist, Ben Zimmer joins the show to discuss the future of Artificial Intelligence
All's I know is "all's I know" seems to be getting more popular. http://nyti.ms/exPtlM http://fb.me/HjeLm1BF
No @OnLanguage column this week, but read @bgzimmer's piece in @NYTimesWeek: How the War of Words Was Won in Cairo http://nyti.ms/hbS3u9