"like that"

[Alice Faber]

Ain't ambiguity grand!

Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>Yeah, but is he dissing "dis" or is he dissing the "dis" which is
>synonymous with" this"? That is, is he dissing things lexical or
>things phonetic.
>
>dInIs (whose fricatives are all in place)
>
>
>
>>Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>>>mark mandel:
>>>>I'm really getting to dislike dis.
>>>
>>>are you dissing us?
>>>
>>No way. He's dissing dis.
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