Of minor interest, at best
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sat May 23 18:26:12 UTC 2009
As I was nibbling on a slice of 137-grain bread, I observed to my wife:
"This bread is really country [k^ntSri]."
That wasn't what I was trying to observe. But, every time that I tried
to produce the correct word, I was able to say only "country."
Finally, I was able to get it right:
"This bread is really _crunchy_ [kr^ntSi]."
I truly hope that this isn't a harbinger of oncoming aphasia and is,
at worst, only a form of Spoonerism.
-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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-Mark Twain
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