LINGUIST List 23.1471: Round 3 of Linguistic Limericks Available for Voting!

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LINGUIST List 23.1471
Fri Mar 23 2012 Round 3 of Linguistic Limericks Available for Voting! Editor for this issue: Anna Belew <annalinguistlist.org>
Date: 23-Mar-2012 From: LINGUIST List <linguistlinguistlist.org> Subject: Limerick Winner for Round 2: Elaine May Smith! E-mail this message to a friend Dear LINGUIST List Subscribers, It's Friday, and you know what that means: LIMERICKS! Our third round of limericks are now available for voting, and we have some knee-slappers this week: http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/limericks.cfm We'd also like to congratulate the winner of Round 2: Elaine May Smith of Mearns FM, Scotland, is the author of our second champion limerick! It was a tight competition, with a ton of votes for many other excellent limericks, but this one pulled ahead by a margin of just 3 votes-- congratulations, Elaine! Here's the winning contribution: We took up this challenge on Pi Day This circle of linguists then cried, "Hey! Funds from a Limerick Makes a fine Gimm(er)ick: It's St Patrick's Eve there on Friday!" Thanks to all of the exceptionally clever poets who sent in limericks so far. The current round of limericks will be the last batch available for voting-- but if you haven't yet sent us your limerick, you still can. We'll post it on the site, but it won't be available for voting; it will, however, be available for linguists the world over to admire! Send your limericks to anna [at] linguistlist [dot] org. And please consider donating to support LINGUIST List, which as far as we know is the only distributor of linguistic limericks in the entire world: https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Yours, 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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