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[Charles Doyle]

Did the attack occur in a larvatory?

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:00:56 -0400
>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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>Heard on TLC, spoken by voice-over guy:
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>"It's like you were being attacked by _lavra_!"
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>This is the second time that I've heard "lavra," but it may have been the the same speaker, both times. I wasn't paying attention, the first time. IAC, he not only uses metathesis, but he also uses the singular like a non-count noun.
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>-Wilson

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