"... a wry _smurk_ came over his face ..."

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> My neighbor, Dennis Ryan of Oshkosh, drolly employed "gnurd" as a substitute
> for "nerd" whenever possible in the long-ago of 1974-75.

FWIW, the first time that I saw the word written, it was spelled as
_gnurd_. But I'm plumb nearly sure that I've never heard a
pronunciation other than the one that we all know and love.

--
-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.
-Mark Twain

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