http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/a-taliswoman-and-how-to-remediate Language in a word Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:06:06 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/a-taliswoman-and-how-to-remediate/comment-page-1#comment-20763 Neal Whitman Sun, 30 May 2010 02:17:42 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=688#comment-20763 I saw the same folk etymology at work when I <a HREF="http://literalminded.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/runation/" rel="nofollow">heard my son talking about "talismen"</a> that you could collect in a videogame. I saw the same folk etymology at work when I heard my son talking about “talismen” that you could collect in a videogame.

]]> http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/a-taliswoman-and-how-to-remediate/comment-page-1#comment-20711 Harry Campbell Thu, 27 May 2010 16:08:31 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=688#comment-20711 I wondered if there was any evidence for a (non-jocular) case of Mussulwoman being spawned from Mussulman/Musulman/Musalman/Mussleman -- and sure enough OED has quite a few citations. "Chiefly humorous. Now arch. and rare." I wondered if there was any evidence for a (non-jocular) case of Mussulwoman being spawned from Mussulman/Musulman/Musalman/Mussleman — and sure enough OED has quite a few citations. “Chiefly humorous. Now arch. and rare.”

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