odds & ends from CNN

[Jonathan Lighter]

Here's another:  a well-enunciated mention, by a leading anchor, of
"flamingo dancing."

Yeah, I took into account the nasal environment of /I/ in some
African-American speech.

But he clearly said /g/, not /k/.  I may have mentioned that the question of
flamenco once came up while a dozen university- and business-type people
were planning a music festival in 1979.  They were about to release an
announcement specifying that {flamingo dancing} would be featured.  I
observed as tactfully as possible that it was {flamenco}.  There was a
puzzled silence, then an agreement to "check," followed by the confident
remark that, "I'm pretty sure it's flamingo."

JL
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> At 10:16 AM -0500 2/23/11, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Yesterday an Ohio State Senator said emphatically that "any connection"
> >between collective bargaining and the state's budget shortfall is "a
> >complete misnomer."  She used "misnomer" in this way at least twice.
>  Common
> >but most annoying,
> >She also explained that the state employees' unions have "taken many
> >concessions."  She said that twice also. It means they made them.
>
> And, before Jerry Cohen mentions it, blending that with "taken many hits"
>
> LH
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