go-to = 'frequently or most commonly chosen' PLUS "strategery" gets serious

[Laurence Horn]

At 8:23 PM -0400 8/13/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Stra - TEEJ - ery.
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>JL

I suppose that was GWB's version too.
Does this count as a misspelling pronunciation?

LH

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>On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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>>               "strategery"               gets serious
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>>  At 5:58 PM -0400 8/13/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>  >A fashion consultant on NPR yesterday explained that denim is "the go-to
>>  >garment [sic] for many people."  (Denim is a fabric, not a garment.)
>>  >
>>  >On the same day I heard a twentysomething say, with no trace of irony, "We
>>  >need to change our strategery."  His interlocutor nodded, also with no
>>  irony
>>  >in evidence.
>>  >
>>  Query:  How is "strategery" actually pronounced (or how was it on
>>  this occasion, anyway)?
>>
>>  LH
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