unscripted speech

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Sep 3, 2005, at 4:45 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Beavis & Butthead types already recognized "lickety-split" as an
> "obscenity" back when I was in college.

my experience as well.  well, it's got "lick" and "split" in it, so
it's going to be snicker-inducing in certain crowds.

> And you know when that was, you young whelps.

i have taken to saying that i went to college in the Pleistocene.

arnold