Heard in a TV ad

[Dennis Preston]

Why's that? more +  adj + er is very well attested in many varieties.
What could be more better?

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>In a TV ad for dentistry, a 40-ish, black female speaker says:
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>"[Having had my teeth fixed] has made me feel much more _comfy-er_."
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>My WAG is that this is a morphological choke caused by appearing
>before the TV camera and not something that the speaker would normally
>use.
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>-Wilson
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
Morrill Hall 15-C
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48864 USA

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