juxtaposition (v.)

[Robert Fitzke]

Bathroom graffiti:

"Man, I love a well stacked gril"

Later,

"It's girls, dummy"

Later,

"Yeah, but what about us grils?"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: juxtaposition (v.)


> 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
>