I guaran-god-damn-tee it

[Jonathan Lighter]

On the "damn."

JL

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Randy Alexander
<strangeguitars at gmail.com>wrote:

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> How do you accent "irregoddamnless"?  Usually these kinds of inserts
> get inserted right before a primary accent, but "-less" is unaccented.
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> Randy
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> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Should be but ain't.
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> > JL
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> > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Randy Alexander
> > <strangeguitars at gmail.com>wrote:
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> >> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Jonathan Lighter
> >> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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> >> >
>  >> > In HDAS if anybody cares. See also entries on _damn_, _fricking_,
> >> > _frigging_, _fucking_, and _bloody_.
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> >> > Some may also enjoy _irregoddamnless_.
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> >> > JL
> >>
> >>
> >> Shouldn't that be "irre-goddamn-gardless"?
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