adheed

[Benjamin Zimmer]

At a press conference warning of a potential mandatory evacuation of
New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin said:

"This is, this is serious business, and
we would not be calling for a mandatory evacuation
unless we thought there was a serious threat
and I think most people will adheed [æd'hid] to that."

The form would appear to be a blend of "pay/give heed" and "adhere".
Read all about it here:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=549


--Ben Zimmer

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