[Ads-l] guerrilla/gorilla megilla
Jonathan Lighter
wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Thu Feb 16 14:39:10 UTC 2017
Predictably, the offender has been fired:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/6666908-182/tennis-commentator-fired-for-guerrilla?artslide=0
<http://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/6666908-182/tennis-commentator-fired-for-guerrilla?artslide=0>
JL
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> http://nypost.com/2017/01/19/espn-voice-i-called-venus-
> williams-guerrilla-not-gorilla/
>
> My $0.02: Most people probably think that {gorilla} is the proper spelling
> of {guerrilla}.
>
> But not the other way around.
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>
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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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