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Re: Small Derivational Idea

From:Roger Mills <romiltz@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 4:14
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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Paul Kershaw <ptkershaw@...>