[Ads-l] 'murrica

Benjamin Barrett mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM
Fri Apr 8 01:38:50 UTC 2016


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Murrica <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Murrica>

I see this again and again used by left-leaning people intended as an insulting imitation of how right-leaning people pronounce “America.”

I don’t recall seeing it on this list. Perhaps an interesting project for a linguistics/poli-sci dual major.

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA
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