squirmish; pub

[Tom Zurinskas]

> >> > http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/29/palin_squirmish
> > piles and piles of mockery on her "squirmish" for "skirmish".

Let's squirt the issue.  too squirilous.

Tom Zurinskas, first Ct 20 yrs, then Tn 3, NJ 33, Fl 9.
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> On 6/2/11 12:01 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:25:44 -0700
> > From: Arnold Zwicky<zwicky at STANFORD.EDU>
> > Subject: Re: squirmish; pub
> >
> > On Jun 1, 2011, at 7:39 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:
> >
> >> >
> >> > Sarah Palin wondered on Fox (March 28) whether US Libyan involvement is a
> >> > "war," an "intervention," or a "squirmish":
> >> >
> >> > http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/29/palin_squirmish
> > piles and piles of mockery on her "squirmish" for "skirmish".
> >
> > arnold
> 
> There was a Language Log posting about it that suggested a possible
> phonological explanation for the mispronunciation.
> 
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