[Ads-l] mannyerism

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Hmmm. I hadn't thought of that. Yes, the -y- sound in "behavior" (mentioned two
words earlier) is probably the answer.

G. Cohen 

Jonathan Lighter [wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM], Tuesday, August 23, 2016 11:56 AM, wrote:

The {-ior} of "behavior"?

JL

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu> wrote:
> It certainly seems strange, but is there anything else that could have
> produced -y- in "mannyerism"?
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> G. Cohen
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> Jonathan Lighter [wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM], Tuesday, August 23, 2016 11:18 AM, wrote:
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> Me neither. I also thought of the "aneurysm" connection, but to me it
> seems far-fetched.
>
> JL
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> 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.)
>>
>> 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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