[Ads-l] improprietyship: "sometimes you talk yourself into a corner"

[David Barnhart]

That's what one expert in the science of linguistics who was teaching me the
finer points of pronunciations in dictionaries said.  Usually, he concluded
that your first interpretation is closer to the "truth".

Good night, all.
Regards,
David 

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Jonathan Lighter
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Subject: Re: improprietyship

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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/en
> d/4020
>
> --bgz
>
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