Who'd a thunk it?

[Wilson Gray]

Damn! I must have had a senior moment! Now that I'm reminded, of course
the memory comes flooding back. Back in the 'Fifties, an old guy -
old?! he was approximately my present age and I don't feel old! - gave
me some sage advice. On several occasions, he said to me, "Don't get
old, son! Don't get old!" I didn't pay  much attention, since, of
course, I knew that I would never get old. Had I but listened! Oh,
well.

-Wilson

On Jun 29, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:

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> On Jun 29, 2005, at 1:38 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>> 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.
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> ummm... wilson, back on 23 september, you asked me, on this list:
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>    Arnold, do you have "supposably" already? It's *very* common in BE.
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> and inaugurated a thread on "supposably", "assumably", and more,
> including some google counts.
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> arnold
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