[Ads-l] Butt-chugging

[Mark Mandel]

It may not be a typo so much as a recco: an error in speech recognition
such as the kind that I keep getting in dictating email as I am doing right
now.

Mark Mandel
Senior Linguist, Dragon Systems, Inc., RIP
On Dec 21, 2015 9:07 AM, "Amy West" <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

> I read that only because I have teens and need to be aware of various
> forms of stupidity.
>
> Did you notice the "fun all" eggcorn for "funnel" in the text?
>
> ---Amy West
>
> On 12/20/15 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:45:47 -0500 From: Ben Zimmer
> > <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: Butt-chugging On Sat, Dec 19, 2015
> > at 8:41 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> http://theracketreport.com/butt-chugging-cough-syrup-a-disturbing-new-trend-among-teens/
> > Runner-up in the Most Outrageous category of 2012 ADS WOTY, finishing
> > behind "legitimate rape."
> >
> > http://www.americandialect.org/hashtag-2012
> >
> > --bgz
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