[Ads-l] surreptually

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

"Surreptually" seems to have arisen by the influence of "conceptually." I hesitate to call this new
word a blend because "surreptitious" and "conceptual" aren't synonyms.

Gerald Cohen  
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Jonathan Lighter [wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM], Friday, September 09, 2016 8:50 AM, wrote:

> imperfect acquisition of English by a nonnative speaker.

So naive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_G._Stavridis

> It tests the boundary between English and non-English.

Nov shmoz ka pop!

JL

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 9:11 AM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>
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> If I had to attribute this to some process it would have to do with
> imperfect acquisition of English by a nonnative speaker.  It tests the
> boundary between English and non-English.
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> Adm James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Commander, warns MSNBC that that
> North Korean submarines can surreptually approach the United States.
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