[Ads-l] In an ad for something-or-other,

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue May 17 01:45:13 UTC 2016


> On May 16, 2016, at 9:37 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> the voice-overer pronounces "cannabis" as "k'NOBbis."
> 
> Surely, this won't catch on, will it?

Hmmm.  A misspelling pronunciation?

LH
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