Re: Small Derivational Idea
| From: | Roger Mills <romiltz@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 4:14 |
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Charlie wrote:
> > Paul Kershaw <ptkershaw@...> wrote:
> >
> >...there's "a whole nother," which
> appears to be an infix now...
>
> I was saddened the other day actually to hear that
> "word" used on TV.
> And it wasn't in a scripted show. It was from
> newscaster, commentator,
> or someone of that ilk.
>
Johnny Carson used it years ago (1970s at least, when I watched him regularly); his
other occasional offence was "momento" for "memento", which has become more
widespread :-((((
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