[Ads-l] machination

[Jonathan Lighter]

Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele says "makination."

Way to go, Mike!

JL

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> I grew up thinking - still haven't had occasion to speak this word -
> "makination," because I associated it with "mechanic" and not with
> "machine." You know. Like, mechanics fisticate with and otherwise
> manipulate stuff. A "machine" is like a bicycle or a locomotive or
> something. There's a verb, _machinate_, whose existence I've just
> discovered, but "makinate" seems to be the preferred pronunciation, in
> Google, though "mashinate" is permitted..
>
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 10:39 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's pretty straightforward from the spelling. "C" before a consonant is
> > /k/, "c" before "i" is /s/. There's also the parallel of "accident".
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > Ĉi tiu e-poŝtaĵon skanis nenio krom miaj okuloj.
> >
> >  . <http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com/>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:26 AM, David Daniel wrote:
> >
> > > ...
> >
> >
> >
> > > As to flaccid
> > > - wow - I didn't even know flaksid was an option, but there is it.
> Never
> > > used it, never heard it, until today.
> > > DAD
> > >
> > >
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