[Ads-l] improprietyship

[Jonathan Lighter]

I listened several times: at first I heard the "-or," but I eventually
decided it was an illusion.

JL

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:11 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > "no appearance of improprietyship."
>> >
>> The speaker, David Chavez, is a former member of the New Mexico House of
>> Representatives
>>
>> BTW, the transcript reads "impropriety." Cf. the parallel case of "bi-ism."
>>
>> http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1606/03/nday.03.html
>>
>
>  The transcript currently reads "improprietorship [SIC]." That sounds about
> right:
>
> https://archive.org/details/CNNW_20160603_100000_New_Day#start/3960/end/4020
>
> --bgz
>
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