LINGUIST List 23.1207: Round 1 of Linguistic Limericks Now Available for Voting!

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LINGUIST List 23.1207
Fri Mar 09 2012 Round 1 of Linguistic Limericks Now Available for Voting! Editor for this issue: Anna Belew <annalinguistlist.org>
Date: 09-Mar-2012 From: LINGUIST List <linguistlinguistlist.org> Subject: There Once Was a Limerick Contest... E-mail this message to a friend Dear LINGUIST List Subscribers, The first round of competitors in the 2012 Limerick Contest are now available for voting! We've got some excellent limericks this week, so go take a look, have a chuckle, and Like (Facebook) or +1 (Google+) your favorite entry. The limerick with the most Likes/+1s by Thursday at 5:00 pm (EST) will be the winner of Round 1, and will move on to the Final Round of voting at the end of Fund Drive! View this week's limerick contestants, as well as some excellent limericks from the LINGUIST List crew, here: http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/limericks.cfm If you haven't yet had a chance to submit your work of limerick genius, never fear-- you can submit entries for Round 2 until Thursday, 3/15, at noon EST. If you've already submitted an entry for Round 1, no problem! Any author can contribute as many limericks as they want, for as many weeks as they want. Far be it from us to constrain our readers' creative prowess. Submit your limericks to anna [at] linguistlist [dot] org to enter the contest! The winners of each round will receive a prize, with an even more special prize for the Ultimate Limerick Champion of the Final Round. So get your poetry-writing hands warmed up, pull out your rhyming dictionary, and get to penning those limericks! May the muses be with you, The LINGUIST List Crew This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/ The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program. Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST! Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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