rebel yell and yeehaw

[Charles C Doyle]

That was my feeble little attempt at a joke:  "Corpsal"/"choral"

--Charlie

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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of Arnold Zwicky [zwicky at STANFORD.EDU]
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On Jan 25, 2012, at 9:15 AM, Dan Nussbaum wrote:

>
> What does "Corpsal" mean?

pretty clearly, 'having to do with the (Marine) Corps'.

but how is it pronounced?

arnold

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