a critical mondegreen

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:38 PM, George Thompson <george.thompson at nyu.edu> wrote:
> bestial

How quaint! Surely, one is aware that the word is pronounced, "beasty-al"!

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