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[Barretts Mail]

> On 22 Jun 2017, at 13:36, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
> 
>> On Jun 22, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> Nicolle Wallace, MSNBC, highly educated news anchor, novelist, and former
>> communications director for G. W. Bush:
>> 
>> "He did write the word 'meaner,' which I'm not even [sure is a real word] -
>> I think it's 'more mean,' but I'm not a grammarian.”
> 
> “and since I don’t know how to read I can’t look it up in a printed or online dictionary before spouting off”.

Nice evidence of the fossilization of -er and -est. BB

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