"PERmitted"

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Here in California, with reference specifically to building permits, it happens all the time.

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Kate


On May 28, 2014, at 6:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> And how.
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> (It's decades since I heard anybody say the above.)
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> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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>> Yesterday afternoon on MSNBC, Jane Kleeb of the environmental group Bold
>> Nebraska, being interviewed by Alex Wagner, in the course of about 15
>> seconds twice pronounced "permitted" with primary stress on the first
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>> It sounded very odd to me--but is it to others?
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