[Ads-l] I cannot phantom...

[Laurence Horn]

> On Jun 28, 2019, at 1:39 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Here are some variants:
> 
> (1) Cannot Phathom
> (2) could not "phantom"
> (2) i cannot phathem
> 
> Ignorantic Expressions: I Cannot Phathom Life Without My Dear Friend!
> https://ignorantics.blogspot.com/2013/09/ignorantic-expressions-i-cannot-phathom.html
> [Begin excerpt]
> Ignorantic Expressions: I Cannot Phathom Life Without My Dear Friend!
> [End excerpt]
> 
> [Begin excerpt]
> Well, yesterday (and she should have known better because I do write a
> blog), one of my friends told me that she could not "phantom" life
> without me.
> 
> I just hugged her and didn't bother with the correction. After all,
> Ignorantics spoken with LOVE gets a pass...I'd hate to be invisible to
> my friend...
> [End excerpt]
> 

Maybe she figures that’s where the practice of “ghosting” comes from.

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