[Ads-l] suspect, adj. (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jim Parish]

But which syllable do you stress?

Jim Parish

On 6/1/2016 10:42 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> So I suspect.
>
> JL
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
> <william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
>> CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
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>> I suppose you are right.  But it's a great quote from a great scene.
>>
>>> Sounds like the traditional "suspect" to me. i.e., "under suspicion."
>>>
>>> JL
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) <william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
>>>> Good Will Hunting (1997).  Chuckie (Ben Affleck) is impersonating Will (Matt Damon) in an interview, and is trying to get cash money from
>>> the interviewers.  They are reluctant.
>>>> "Let me tell you something.  You're suspect!  Yeah, you! I don't know what your reputation is in this town, but after the shit you tried to
>>> pull today you can bet I'll be looking into you. Now the business we have, heretofore, you can speak with my aforementioned attorney.
>>> Good day, gentlemen; and until that day comes, keep your ear to the grindstone."
>>>> https://youtu.be/-JBvfZTx-vs?t=47
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> "Feeling suspicion; suspicious."
>>>>>
>>>>> Retired general on CNN:
>>>>>
>>>>> "I was suspect then, and I continue to be suspect."
>>>>>
>>>>> JL
>>>>>
>>>>>
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