2 Responses to “Grilled Cheese Sandwich & Tomato Soup, or What I Made for Dinner Last Night”

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   • Dan Bittera says:
   • January 28th, 2009 at 11:20 am

   • since your contact link is broken, i’ll put this here.

     the OED says it’s “naysayers,” a single compound and not a hyphenate. Since the etymology comes from “nay” and is not equine-related, the word “neigh” would have no relation. That’s a common mistake going back to the 1930s, but “naysayers” goes back to the 1550s.

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   • blackhound says:
   • January 28th, 2009 at 1:11 pm

   • Heh, I was wondering when someone would catch that.

     I went with “neigh-sayers” (as a hyphenate) for typographic symmetry. It does not rise to the level of a pun, but I justified it (if only to myself) with my belief that both naysayers and neigh-sayers are full of horse shit.

     Or is it horse-shit? ;P