new pronun. of "errant"

Charles Doyle cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Mon Oct 16 15:12:58 UTC 2006


Can we be sure he wasn't mispronouncing "arrant" instead?

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:12:58 -0700
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: new pronun. of "errant"
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>

>
>One of Fox News Channel's regular correspondents (didn't catch his name) just referred to North Korea's "errant nuclear program."
>
>  He said / E 'raent /.
>
>  JL

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