"nuptuals" for nuptials

[Wilson Gray]

On 2/7/06, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> At 5:57 PM -0600 2/7/06, Victoria Neufeldt wrote:
> >'Esky at late/-ation' for 'escalate' is pretty common too.  I first heard
> >it in Toronto in the 1970s, used by a highly educated, middle-aged
> >man.
> Obviously influenced by "osculation", even though the pronunciation
> of that lexical item is often simplified to /kIs/.
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> Larry


Larry, you are too much! Have you ever considered stand-up as a career after
you retire from  teaching?

-Wilson

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