S PECULATIVE  G RAMMARIAN
Volume CLVI, Number 2, April 2009

M ANAGING
 E DITOR
S ENIOR
 E DITOR
E DITOR
 E MERITUS
Trey Jones Keith Slater Tim Pulju
Speculative Grammarian, Vol CLVI, No 2
C ONSULTING
 E DITORS
Ken Miner
David J. Peterson
Bill Spruiell

A SSOCIATE
 E DITORS
Yahya Abdal-Aziz
James Crippen
Madalena Cruz-Ferreira
Jouni Maho
Carin Marais
Daniela Müller
Misty A. Smith
James Stanford
Jörg Wenck

C ONTRIBUTING
 E DITORS
Kean Kaufmann
Joey Whitford


Worse things happen at sea

D EDICATED TO  H ARD- W ORKING  E XEMPLARS  E VERYWHERE
Pat, Lee, & Sandy       Pedro & Ana       Peter & Anna
John, Mary, & Bill Abdu & Faatu Ivan & Maria
Alice, Bob, & Carol Ran & Hannah Juan & Maria
János, Mari, & Attila Tarō & Hanako Janis & Maria
Bunafsha, Leila, & Zulfia Dorj & Dulmaa Gianni & Maria
Chelswu, Swunhi, & Yenghi Zhangsan & Lisi (Maria gets around!)

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