"I guess I'll fade into Bolivian now." -- Mike Tyson

[Laurence Horn]

>An excellent point, Mark. Suppose that we write it as ",,, fade int'
>oblivion" or as "... fade into 'blivion" or even as "... fade into
>oblivion," i.e.  "...int[@ @]blivion."
>

Or (non-rhotic) "interblivian", whence the "interblivian fadeout".
You read it here first.  (I think.)

Larry

>On Jun 14, 2005, at 1:45 PM, Mark A. Mandel wrote:
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>>Barry wrote:
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>>"I guess I'll fade into Bolivian now." -- Mike Tyson on his future
>>after
>>being KO'd by Lennox Lewis in 2002
>>(AOL NEWS)
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>>Unless we have a clip, how can we tell whether to "credit" this one to
>>Tyson
>>or to the reporter?
>>
>>-- Mark
>>[This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]