Slang: _good thing_ (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

In my Yankee experience, the stress is on "thing."

JL

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> > "Don't *never* let nobody use you / take you for a natural good
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> > It's always pronounced as though spelled _goodthing_.
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> So, the space is silent? <G>
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