[Ads-l] Monkeypox officially deemed offensive

[Jonathan Lighter]

Doubtless inspired by regular use of "Mnuchin."

JL

On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 9:53 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> "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>
> wrote:
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> > <goog_1399969949>
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> https://news.yahoo.com/monkeypox-renamed-as-mpox-by-who-in-effort-to-destigmatize-the-disease-174840937.html
> >
> > JL
> >
> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
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