[Ads-l] the uzhe

[Laurence Horn]

Here’s Gretchen McCulloch on the “yoozh” (which I find a more transparent transcription).   

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/12/linguistics-english-language-evolution-usual/672384/ <https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/12/linguistics-english-language-evolution-usual/672384/>


> On Oct 23, 2023, at 11:01 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS):
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> "What brings you here?" "Oh, the uzhe."
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> JL
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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