Umfriend and Mmmfriend

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 4/11/05 11:14:26 AM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:


> Or "umfriend", which I see has 1790 google hits.  "Friend plus" is
> also heard, but has other uses, while I think "umfriend" is pretty
> much univocal.
> 

univocal or unigraphological? I've never heard this uttered, and would guess 
that there would be a pause between "um" and "friend" in speaking--it looks to 
me like a stunt spelling that has caught on.
One might actually say "Mmmfriend," though, it seems to me. But to write 
"mmmfriend" would be ambiguous, since "mmm" in writing can be the equivalent of 
'delicious'

In any case, I'm delighted to make the acquaintance of this new (?) form--new 
to me, anyway.