The Legend of Gnome Ann

Language Log 2016-07-14

Summary:

Today's xkcd: Mouseover title: "President Andrew Johnson once said, 'If I am to be shot at, I want Gnome Ann to be in the way of the bullet.'" And there's plenty more Gnome Ann dicta where those came from; also here. Some of my favorites: Gnome Ann can serve two masters. Gnome Ann putteth a piece […]

Link:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=26686

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Tags:

linguistics in the comics

Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

07/14/2016, 11:24

Date published:

07/08/2016, 05:26