"Expleetive"

[Laurence Horn]

At 4:14 PM -0700 4/5/07, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>On Apr 5, 2007, at 3:40 PM, i wrote:
>
>>On Apr 5, 2007, at 3:06 PM, Jon Lighter wrote:
>>
>>>Catherine Crier, former Texas judge and the thinking person's news
>>>anchor, pronounces the n. / 'EksplItIv / as / Eks'plitIv /.
>>>
>>>   She said it two or three times on her Court TV show this
>>>evening.  So I'm a-switchin'.
>>>
>>>   Even if it isn't listed in MW Online.
>>
>>
>>it's always ben my pronunciation, so, go ahead, jon.
>
>ack.  i misread this.  no, stress on 1st syllable.
>
>sorry.
>
>arnold
>
Ah, I'm relieved.  I just didn't figure Arnold as an "ex-PLEE-tive"
sort of person.

LH

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