Comments on: Beyond picker upper http://noncompositional.com/2008/02/beyond-picker-upper/ Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: david yip http://noncompositional.com/2008/02/beyond-picker-upper/comment-page-1/#comment-27696 david yip Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:59:55 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2008/02/beyond-picker-upper/#comment-27696 <p>[...] so here??s a double card of Indy facing off with Elsa. No more posting ??til tomadistantsoil.comBeyond picker upper It seems like one of those things that keeps getting ???casually discovered?????that is, that I [...]</p> [...] so here??s a double card of Indy facing off with Elsa. No more posting ??til tomadistantsoil.comBeyond picker upper It seems like one of those things that keeps getting ???casually discovered?????that is, that I [...]

]]> By: Russell http://noncompositional.com/2008/02/beyond-picker-upper/comment-page-1/#comment-27333 Russell Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:19:22 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2008/02/beyond-picker-upper/#comment-27333 <p>Ben: interesting. Is that by number of entries, or frequency in a text (i.e., types or tokens?)? I'm sure people probably show variation.</p> <p>Dad: classy =)</p> Ben: interesting. Is that by number of entries, or frequency in a text (i.e., types or tokens?)? I’m sure people probably show variation.

Dad: classy =)

]]> By: Dad http://noncompositional.com/2008/02/beyond-picker-upper/comment-page-1/#comment-27253 Dad Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:47:02 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2008/02/beyond-picker-upper/#comment-27253 <p>Like mucker-upper, but with an f.</p> Like mucker-upper, but with an f.

]]> By: Ben Zimmer http://noncompositional.com/2008/02/beyond-picker-upper/comment-page-1/#comment-27156 Ben Zimmer Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:23:17 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2008/02/beyond-picker-upper/#comment-27156 <p>OED has "picker-upper" (1913), "fixer-upper" (1932), "pepper-upper" (1934), "maker-upper" (1936), "builder-upper" (1936), "opener-upper" (1941), "mucker-upper" (1942), and "looker-upper" (1951). But "Ver-up" is actually more frequently attested than "Ver-upper" in the forms collected by the OED.</p> OED has “picker-upper” (1913), “fixer-upper” (1932), “pepper-upper” (1934), “maker-upper” (1936), “builder-upper” (1936), “opener-upper” (1941), “mucker-upper” (1942), and “looker-upper” (1951). But “Ver-up” is actually more frequently attested than “Ver-upper” in the forms collected by the OED.

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