siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)

[Laurence Horn]

>suh-DIT-eh

OK, no day of the week here (or even the weekend).  I stand informed.

L

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>>  >No, it sounded clearly like "saditty", and the
>>  closed-captioning agreed.
>>  >
>>
>>  With what stress?  If it's antepenult, I certainly can't
>>  detect any huge difference in how "SADitty" and "SADurday"
>>  would sound, especially with a non-rhotic pronunciation of
>>  the latter.  But if it's stressed in another way, there's no
>>  possibility of confusion, even without the support of the
>>  closed-captioning.
>>
>>  Larry
>>
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>>  >>  Could this be simply 'Saturday Whore'?
>>  >>
>>  >>  --- "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >>  > I mentioned last week that I saw the movie "Barbershop 2", in
>>  >> which  > Eddie calls his ex-girlfriend a "saditty ho".  My wife's
>>  >> reaction was  > that "saditty" meant "sadistic", which would have
>>  >> been appropriate  > under the circumstances.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>
>>  >>
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