Ahhhh shucks, Arnold Zwicky over at Language Log references little ol' me here in his round-up of snowclone dead ends, adding credibility to the veracity of my blog title.
It would be quite lovely indeed if Dr. Zwicky would also comment on my recent meditations here, here and here on the possibility that language death may well have favorable outcomes for language evolution (I'm not above fishing for recognition).
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