juxtaposition (v.)

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Sep 21, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Lal Zimman wrote:

> On Sep 21, 2005, at 6:07 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
>> So let me get this straight. It's okay to refer to women as "girls"
>> as long as your brain is spelling it "grrls" and they're babeular.
>> Is that right ?
>
> I know this was a joke, but FWIW, to distinguish "grrl" from "girl",
> I pronounce the former with a long/geminate /r/ (and have heard
> others do the same.)

hey, i thought the plural of "grrl" was "grrlz".

arnold