"moist" (again)

[Laurence Horn]

On Dec 12, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Maybe it would be better if we all pronounced it like my grandfather and
> Archie Bunker used to.
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> JL
>

"Merst", as in "ersters"?

LH

> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:
>>> It "nauseates" them, even when applied to cakes!
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>> They *almost* have a point.  I would never eat a "cold and clammy"
>> cake. But I'd find it merely unappetizing. Even then, it would have to
>> be described to me as a "cold and clammy" (BTW, doesn't that exclude
>> *most* foodstuffs, modulo oysters, IAC?) cake. "Moist" cake sounds
>> mouth-watering, not "stomach-turning."
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