illegitament

[Jonathan Lighter]

Cf. "indiscriminate / ~minite" (805,000) and "indiscriminant / ~manent" (16,700) on Web alone.

JL

Thomas Paikeday <thomaspaikeday at SPRINT.CA> wrote:
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I think "illegitament" does call for a linguistic explanation. Compare
mischievious (5,300), pronounciation (231,000), and wierd (1,580,000) which
are understandable.

T. M. P.
www.paikeday.net


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Subject: illegitament


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> A Google search - don't ask why - turns up well over 600 exx. of
> "illegitament."
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> Other spellings are possible.
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> JL
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