Of minor interest, at best

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:26 PM -0400 5/23/09, Wilson Gray wrote:
>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
>---

I think it's related to a symptom of mine, "(in the) chicken" for
"(in the) kitchen"

LH

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