Who'd a thunk it?

[Page Stephens]

Hopefully supposedly (supposably) isn't looked down on as much as hopefully
is although supposedly I would guess it is.

Page Stephens

> [Original Message]
> From: Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
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> Date: 6/29/2005 6:12:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Who'd a thunk it?
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> On Jun 29, 2005, at 1:38 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > For decades, I've been using the non-word "supposably" as a jocular
> > replacement for "supposedly." Today, for the first time, I heard
> > someone seriously use "supposably." It was a woman with the surname
> > "Zanquis" from Hartford, CT, on the Judge Judy Show.
>
> ummm... wilson, back on 23 september, you asked me, on this list:
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>    Arnold, do you have "supposably" already? It's *very* common in BE.
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> and inaugurated a thread on "supposably", "assumably", and more,
> including some google counts.
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> arnold