[Ads-l] mannyerism

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

It certainly seems strange, but is there anything else that could have 
produced -y- in "mannyerism"? 

G. Cohen
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Jonathan Lighter [wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM], Tuesday, August 23, 2016 11:18 AM, wrote:

Me neither. I also thought of the "aneurysm" connection, but to me it
seems far-fetched.

JL

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:16 AM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu> wrote:
> Did "mannyerism" here somehow result from an alteration of "mannerism" under the influence of "aneurysm"?  (Btw, I had never come across the pronunciation "mannyerism" before.)
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> G. Cohen
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> Jonathan Lighter [wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM], Monday, August 22, 2016 7:31 PM, wrote:
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> A D-----d T---p "surrogate" explains to MSNBC that the shocking state
> of Hillary Clinton's health can be seen clearly in "her behavior and
> mannyerisms."
>
> JL
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