illegitament

[Wilson Gray]

dInIs, I'd like to mention that I spent a goodly portion of my
childhood and youth in the Uninted States. In fact, I have relatives
and friends who still live there.

-Wilson

On Feb 21, 2005, at 8:52 PM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:

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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: illegitament
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> A linguistic explanation is available. See David Stamp's "Why some
> people live in the Uninted States." Must be in OSU Working Papers
> somewhere.
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> dInIs
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>> 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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>> Poster: Thomas Paikeday
>> Subject: Re: illegitament
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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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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jonathan Lighter"
>> To:
>> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 7:23 PM
>> Subject: illegitament
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>>>  Poster: Jonathan Lighter
>>>  Subject: illegitament
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>>>  A Google search - don't ask why - turns up well over 600 exx. of
>>>  "illegitament."
>>>
>>>  Other spellings are possible.
>>>
>>>  JL
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> --
> Dennis R. Preston
> University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
> Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African
> Languages
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> Michigan State University
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