Heard on Springer: _strewn_ [stroUn]

[Alison Murie]

On Aug 25, 2011, at 1:09 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>
> BTW, does anyone else have the impression that stuff comes and goes?
> At one time, the airwaves were swamped with people saying
> "forMIDable." Then, it just went away. Now, I've begun to hear it
> again, from time to time, as FORmidable," the same pronunciation as
> was used, IIRC, before the word had its fifteen minutes of fame.
>
> --
> -Wilson
Yes, I've registered the same thing & have the impression that it's
just one among many such examples.  Can't bring any to mind just now..
AM

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