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

[Jonathan Lighter]

If he did say "improprietorship," I have to assume it was a slip of
the tongue for the contextually appropriate "improprietyship."

"Proprietorship" had nothing to do with the discourse.

JL

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:52 PM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com> wrote:
> 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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> I listened several times: at first I heard the "-or," but I eventually
> decided it was an illusion.
>
> JL
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> 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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