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[Jonathan Lighter]

It would be clearer to say that both speakers used [U:] rather than [U].

JL

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 7:15 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> At his rally last night, D----d T---p distinguished "Christians, Jews,
> Catholics, Muslims."  Can you find the hidden error?
>
> T---p pronounces "Muslim" with / U /, a pronunciation recognized by
> both Oxford and Merriam-Webster.
>
> However (and this is the point), there was mild bemusement on CNN when
> a T---p supporter on video warned that President Obama was a "radical
> Muslim who hates America." The high-paid anchor asked, "Did she really
> say '/ mUzl at m /' ?"
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."



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