What if Nancy G. got all wound up about Gitmo victims?


On my victrola: Yma Sumac- Voic* of the Xtabay.


"The food had forgotten where it came from and why it existed."


"And on the "Mexican Standoff'' disc, Shocked, a Texas native, mingles Texas-rocking-blues workouts with accordian-driven tunes inspired by Mexican folk music - a few of which she sings in a mix of Spanish and English." (via T*xfil*s)


Has a good summary of Consonant Doubling.


"If the Bretons and the Scots still struggle to regain their independence as sovereign states, and if we Americans continue to dream of living like Thoreau at Walden Pond, it is permissible for the student of words to keep alive his convictions about certain meanings and usages that he knows to be no longer shared by the majority, including many educated persons." --Mod*rn Am*rican Usag*, under lost caus*s. 3. g. publically not publicly.