lawyer/liar confluence

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

The really important question, of course, is how did these women say "pope"?

In a message dated 4/16/08 9:22:55 AM, wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM writes:


> Several female members of the polygamous Texas sect appeared on Fox & 
> Friends earlier today. One spoke of being unable to see a "lawyer," but the 
> stressed vowel was so unrounded that the word was virtually identical to a Texas 
> pronunciation of "liar." At first, that's what I thought she said.
> 
>   The woman's phonology was otherwise unremarkable,
> 
>   I wouldn't go so far as to call this homophony "phonological justice," but 
> it comes close.
> 
>   JL
> 




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