[Ads-l] anticdotes (meaning 'anecdotes')
W Brewer
brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Thu May 2 16:59:02 UTC 2019
FoxNews, Outnumbered, 20190502 12:09 ET
[ˈæntʰɪkˌdouts], new to me, was clearly articulated.
For me, <anecdotes> and <anticdotes> can be homonymic: [ˈænɪkˌdouts], and
the carefully pronounced [ˈæntʰɪkˌdouts] (unmasking a folk-etymology)
tickled my funny-bone.
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