Collector's Items?

[nq:1]The youngish (twenty-something) supporters of Howard Dean, possible Democratic candidate for US President, now have a name. James Taranto (OpinionJournal) today referred to them as *Deanie Babies.* Now why didn't I think of that?[/nq]
Beats me, but from now until November, and perhaps beyond, I demand to be called Deanie Baby.

Charles Riggs
Correct the stuff that demands cor

[nq:1]from now until November, and perhaps beyond, I demand to be called Deanie Baby. Charles Riggs[/nq]
Do you mind if I call you "" instead?

Reinhold (Rey) Aman

[nq:2]from now until November, and perhaps beyond, I demand to be called Deanie Baby. Charles Riggs[/nq]
[nq:1]Do you mind if I call you "" instead?[/nq]
I was going to suggest that Mr. Riggs is no longer twenty-something, so "Deanie Baby" is not really an appropriate name for him even if he is so lacking in discernment and acumen as to be in the Dean camp.

Now, don't you think th

[nq:2]The youngish (twenty-something) supporters of Howard Dean, possible Democratic candidate ... as *Deanie Babies.* Now why didn't I think of that?[/nq]
[nq:1]Beats me, but from now until November, and perhaps beyond, I demand tobe called Deanie Baby.[/nq]
Demand away. I won't do it. I think that (1) you're in the wrong age group and (2) Howard's not your type.
But Al Gore seems to

[nq:1]The youngish (twenty-something) supporters of Howard Dean, possible Democratic candidate for US President, now have a name. James Taranto (OpinionJournal) today referred to them as *Deanie Babies.*[/nq]
I dislike people who quibble about punctuation, I'll do it anyway and dislike myself for doing so.
Shouldn't your subject line be "collectors' item"? with the plural possessive?
I

[nq:2]The youngish (twenty-something) supporters of Howard Dean, possible Democratic candidate ... as *Deanie Babies.* Now why didn't I think of that?[/nq]
[nq:1]Beats me, but from now until November, and perhaps beyond, I demand to be called Deanie Baby.[/nq]
Ahem!

John Dean
Oxford
De-frag to reply

[nq:2]The youngish (twenty-something) supporters of Howard Dean, possible Democratic candidate ... James Taranto (OpinionJournal) today referred to them as *Deanie Babies.*[/nq]
[nq:1]I dislike people who quibble about punctuation, I'll do it anyway and dislike myself for doing so. Shouldn't your subject line be "collectors' item"? with the plural possessive?[/nq]
Yes. (Probably.) I think

I wasn't calling you on it. I was trying diffidently to ask about it.

I often see the syntagm and never know what think about it. I distribute a monthly newsletter, for example, whose editor labels it "Member's News". It always makes me uncomfortable but I assume that she knows what she's doing.
[nq:1]The friendly folks at aue just never let me down. And you shouldn't dislike yoursel

[nq:1]Shouldn't your subject line be "collectors' item"? with the plural possessive?[/nq]
"collector's item" 72,500
"collector's items" 55,000

127,500
"collectors' item" 57,600
"collectors' items" 52,500

110,100

John Varela
(Trade "OLD" lamps for "NEW" for email.)
I apologize for munging the address but the spam is too much.

[nq:2]Shouldn't your subject line be "collectors' item"? with the plural possessive?[/nq]
[nq:1]"collector's item" 72,500 "collector's items" 55,000 127,500 "collectors' item" 57,600 "collectors' items" 52,500 110,100[/nq]
If these are Google results, the "collectors'" versions are considerably inflated, as they also include the much more numerous "collectors" versions. A pity we can't per