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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Ben Zimmer rocks word history
Title says it all. "On Language"
today
is about tracing down the early history of the phrase "rock the mic."
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Maybe this is the sort of advertising we should use for our LSA historical session!
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Maybe this is the sort of advertising we should use for our LSA historical session!
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