| Geoff Pullum |
The Journée de la Francophonie, celebrating the cooperation between French-speaking countries, is observed world-wide since the first meeting between Francophone heads-of-state in 1970 in Niamey (Niger).
1978: “Genie” is transferred back to her biological mother.
1997: Geoff Pullum sends a letter to the Economist with “a meaningful contiguous minimal word quintuple—7-character words, no less”—“I can’t recall a blinder blander blonder blender blunder.” This referred to an error in the Russian petroleum industry, which resulted in crude oil from different oilfields becoming mixed together into a single light-colored blend. Pullum adds that his letter “could have placed the Economist permanently in the linguistic book of records,” although, he complains, “there isn’t one.” If only he knew.
2000: Beginning of Provincial French Pride Week in New Brunswick, Canada.
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