[Ads-l] Monkeypox officially deemed offensive

[Laurence Horn]

"Mpox"--I like it! It's monosyllabic, I trust. After all, nobody seems to
have trouble pronouncing Mbappé bisyllabically, and Mpox just contains the
voiceless counterpart (although it probably doesn't augur as well for
soccer skills). Should have a great impact--or make that mpact--on our
inventories too, once we copy the pattern to develop parallel phonological
onsets. Msee, mdo, as they say.

LH

On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 5:24 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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