Say what?

[Wilson Gray]

Don't we Southrons usually say "labbatory," causing a certain amount
of confusion with "lavatory," Charlie? :-)

-Wilson

On 10/16/07, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> Did the attack occur in a larvatory?
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> --Charlie
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> >Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:00:56 -0400
> >From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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> >Heard on TLC, spoken by voice-over guy:
> >
> >"It's like you were being attacked by _lavra_!"
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> >This is the second time that I've heard "lavra," but it may have been the the same speaker, both times. I wasn't paying attention, the first time. IAC, he not only uses metathesis, but he also uses the singular like a non-count noun.
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> >-Wilson
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