[Ads-l] "repenetant"

Berson@att.net Berson at ATT.NET
Fri Aug 19 11:33:00 UTC 2016


Ryan Lochte needs one.
Joel
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------ Original message------From: Herb StahlkeDate: Thu, Aug 18, 2016 9:17 PMTo: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU;Subject:Re: [ADS-L] "repenetant"
Larry, are you actually pushing indulgences?On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:> > On Aug 18, 2016, at 7:19 PM, Joel Berson  wrote:> >> > In an interview on CNN today around 4:25 PM, Liegh Steinberg, a "sports> agent and attorney", said it was crucial that Ryan Lochte be "repenetant"> about his early-morning encounter with a gas station in Rio.> >> > Joel> >> 99 actual ghits for this (and I didn't check alternate trisyllabic> spellings).  It's not enough to be penitent anymore, you need to be> repenetant.  Inflation strikes again.  Maybe it's safer to be prepenitent> to get it out of the way.>> LH> ------------------------------------------------------------> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org>------------------------------------------------------------The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

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