Of minor interest, at best

[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/23/2009 02:26 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>As I was nibbling on a slice of 137-grain bread, I observed to my wife:
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>"This bread is really country [k^ntSri]."
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>That wasn't what I was trying to observe. But, every time that I tried
>to produce the correct word, I was able to say only "country."
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>Finally, I was able to get it right:
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>"This bread is really _crunchy_ [kr^ntSi]."
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>I truly hope that this isn't a harbinger of oncoming aphasia and is,
>at worst, only a form of Spoonerism.

Join the Society.  I find myself nearly always saying "prostrate".

Joel

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