Heard: "_masturbational_ [virginity]"

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue Jun 17 15:18:58 UTC 2014


Makes it easier to rhyme it with "super-rational" and "international" but tougher to rhyme it with "motivational" and "conversational".  A trade-off, as always.

LH

On Jun 17, 2014, at 5:13 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> Pronounced "mastur-BASH-onal"
>
> Bizarre.
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> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
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