[Ads-l] irreprehensible

[Charles C Rice]

I saw that too, and marked it as curious, but mainly because he stumbled over the word, tried the “correct” version, then selected its opposite. It was so deliberate that I went to the dictionaries to see if maybe it was like dethawing or other words that have regularly confused opposites. But no.

Clai Rice
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Highly educated Secretary of the Interior yesterday on CNN:

People say things I think are irreprehensible about President Trump.

JL


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