juxtaposition (v.)

Lal Zimman zimman at SFSU.EDU
Wed Sep 21 19:48:20 UTC 2005


On Sep 21, 2005, at 6:07 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> So let me get this straight. It's okay to refer to women as "girls"
> as long as your brain is spelling it "grrls" and they're babeular.
> Is that right ?

I know this was a joke, but FWIW, to distinguish "grrl" from "girl",
I pronounce the former with a long/geminate /r/ (and have heard
others do the same.)


-Lal



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