go-to = 'frequently or most commonly chosen' PLUS "strategery" gets serious

[Jonathan Lighter]

Stra - TEEJ - ery.

JL

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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>              "strategery"               gets serious
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> At 5:58 PM -0400 8/13/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >A fashion consultant on NPR yesterday explained that denim is "the go-to
> >garment [sic] for many people."  (Denim is a fabric, not a garment.)
> >
> >On the same day I heard a twentysomething say, with no trace of irony, "We
> >need to change our strategery."  His interlocutor nodded, also with no
> irony
> >in evidence.
> >
> Query:  How is "strategery" actually pronounced (or how was it on
> this occasion, anyway)?
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> LH
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