"go bazooka"

[Wilson Gray]

Dennis Preston writes:

"... the AE standard (i.e., my speech) ..."

dInIs, I love you, man!

-Wilson

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Dennis Preston <preston at msu.edu> wrote:
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>  Even likelier in those areas (or for those individuals) who have [z]
>  rather than [s] in 'berserk.'
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>  dInIs
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>  PS: Ooop! Forgot to indicate that the AE standard (i.e., my speech)
>  is with [s]. I believe r-less BritSpeak has [z].
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>  >On Feb 25, 2008, at 7:21 AM, i wrote:
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>  >>  ... "go bazooka" (roughly, 'exploded') was new to me, though you can
>  >>  google up other examples.  presumably extending the weapon sense of
>  >>  "bazooka", perhaps influenced by "go ballistic" and "go bananas".
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>  >and, as jesse sheidlower has now suggested, "go berserk".
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>  >>  so now we have another use of "bazooka", in addition to the musical
>  >>  toy and weapon senses (and, of course, Bazooka bubble gum).
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>  >and "bazookas" 'breasts', discussed here a while back.
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>  >arnold
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