Who'd a thunk it?

Wed Jun 29 22:12:48 UTC 2005

On Jun 29, 2005, at 1:38 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> For decades, I've been using the non-word "supposably" as a jocular
> replacement for "supposedly." Today, for the first time, I heard
> someone seriously use "supposably." It was a woman with the surname
> "Zanquis" from Hartford, CT, on the Judge Judy Show.

ummm... wilson, back on 23 september, you asked me, on this list:

   Arnold, do you have "supposably" already? It's *very* common in BE.

and inaugurated a thread on "supposably", "assumably", and more,
including some google counts.

arnold