http://blog.oup.com/2010/02/monthly-gleanings-february-2010/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2010/02/monthly-gleanings-february-2010/#comment-156814 Walter Turner Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:28:52 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=7617#comment-156814 I was the one who originally asked about piking, meaning eavesdropping on a telephone party line. My informant, who is from southern Illinois, assures me he was familiar with the word in the 1940's, when it was the ususal expression of his parents' generation. Otis Pike was in Congress much later. I was the one who originally asked about piking, meaning eavesdropping on a telephone party line.
My informant, who is from southern Illinois, assures me he was familiar with the word in the 1940′s, when it was the ususal expression of his parents’ generation. Otis Pike was in Congress much later.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2010/02/monthly-gleanings-february-2010/#comment-156808 Eric Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:28:45 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=7617#comment-156808 That's 'Dr. Chasuble' to you! That’s ‘Dr. Chasuble’ to you!

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