nekkid

[Jonathan Lighter]

I pronounce "naked" as "naked" and "nekkid" as "nekkid."

They're as distinct as "Mary" and "merry."

JL

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> I suppose, I should also explain the reason for the post. A friend was
> discussing a piece of fiction in an on-line "writers workshop"
> environment and someone else in the group made a derogatory comment
> about the work in question, including a remark about "nekkid" being a
> made-up "internet" word. I offered a bit of research, checking the OED
> first. Since the usage was easily antedated, I thought I should also
> post it here. The BE comment was perhaps superfluous. But if you do GB
> search and look at the actual sources prior to the recent "explosion" of
> "nekkid" (in Out magazine, for example--more than just the issue cited
> in the OED!), you will see the context for that comment.
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>     VS-)
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> On 3/12/2011 12:54 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:07 AM, victor steinbok<aardvark66 at gmail.com>
>  wrote:
> >> illustrative of either BEV or army vernacular
> > In what sense is _nekkid_ "illustrative" of anything, WRT either BE or
> > Army "vernacular," whatever that may mean? Do you intend a reference
> > to eye-dialect? Nothing else makes the least sense, unless I'm as
> > preternaturally stupid as we colored are reputed to be.
> >
> > --
> > -Wilson
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