http://blog.oup.com/2009/05/monthly-gleanings-3/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2009/05/monthly-gleanings-3/comment-page-1/#comment-151905 Mary Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:56:23 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=4602#comment-151905 How about the word peeve? I initially was going to ask about the stubborn and consistent misuse of "without regard" which should be "regardless." It gets mistakenly used so often as "irregardless" it became a pet peeve of mine. The other one is "in lieu of" which I believe to mean "instead of" but I've heard it used differently. Thanks for your wonderful blog and I enjoyed your interview on MPR this morning! How about the word peeve? I initially was going to ask about the stubborn and consistent misuse of “without regard” which should be “regardless.” It gets mistakenly used so often as “irregardless” it became a pet peeve of mine. The other one is “in lieu of” which I believe to mean “instead of” but I’ve heard it used differently.
Thanks for your wonderful blog and I enjoyed your interview on MPR this morning!

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2009/05/monthly-gleanings-3/comment-page-1/#comment-151897 Anne Nye Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:01:03 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=4602#comment-151897 Love your blog and appearances on MPR. Can you talk about the pronunciations of 2 words: chaps (I came from Idaho and no self-respecting cowboy would say it like "chapped lips". It was always "shaps". Also slough......we said it like "slew". Love your blog and appearances on MPR. Can you talk about the pronunciations of 2 words: chaps (I came from Idaho and no self-respecting cowboy would say it like “chapped lips”. It was always “shaps”. Also slough……we said it like “slew”.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2009/05/monthly-gleanings-3/comment-page-1/#comment-151725 Michael Thu, 28 May 2009 15:07:52 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=4602#comment-151725 The ofering of a Hebrew etymology for ghetto need not detract from other explanations; it was quite usual to suggest "clever" sources for words exegetically. Probably some of the popular etymologies in Genesis (e.g. Moses, Babel) have a similar history. The ofering of a Hebrew etymology for ghetto need not detract from other explanations; it was quite usual to suggest “clever” sources for words exegetically. Probably some of the popular etymologies in Genesis (e.g. Moses, Babel) have a similar history.

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