Monday, June 4, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: June 4

June 4 

1992: A pregnant British woman named Paula Gilfoyle is found hanged in the garage of her home. On the basis of linguistic evidence, her husband is found guilty of having dictated the suicide note (undoubtedly in her own handwriting) to her. The case remains deeply controversial, though.

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Today's entry has an update here.

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