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Quoth ... Avocet Mon. 23-Sep-02, 2:33 PM
>I do have a few very nostalgic t-shirts I refuse to give up, simply because they should be preserved.
So? Which ones? The only shirt of yours I remember from yore is “Only left-handed people are in their right minds,” which is old hat by now, surely.
>Nyucyuler weapons.
I heard a clip of the Prez speaking last week. In about one minute, he said “nukular” seven times! Ooh, agony!
Mary said, ‘Just heard the word guys on local radio speaking about “unique.”’
Is that the verbivores, on KPBS? (I’ll be working Sundays again, so will be unable to listen to their show. I do keep Elster’s Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations handy, though.)
BTW, thanks for putting the period inside the quotes! I rarely see people get that right!
Quoth ... *** Dave Mon. 23-Sep-02, 2:41 PM
I figure if Carter can mangle it, I’ll cut Dubya a little slack — but it still make me cringe.
(Notice the writee got the tense of the verb wrong?)
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If you'd like more, just let me know. There are plenty of references out there.
Oh, and then
Yet, for the next year—despite repeated assertions by Winchell and by U.S. Sen. Kenneth Keating, a New York Republican that the missiles were in place—President John Kennedy kept proclaiming: "There are no missiles in Cubar."
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President John F Kennedy was noted for "Americar" and "Cubar".
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