Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general — John Lawler
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general — John Lawler
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general — John Lawler
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general — John Lawler
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general — John Lawler
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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.

— John Lawler
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