Posted on 01/04/2012 9:23:32 AM PST by i88schwartz
An English person I know says that many of the words used by anchors on TV are either wrong or made up. The public speaking course says they mustn't leave gaps so they make up words where they simply do not know the correct one. It's a bit like kids adding 'ed' on the back of all words to signify the past tense.
It is now.
but could he pronounce ‘corpsman’ or ‘orion’?
>>>embiggened
Funny, I never heard that word until I moved to Springfield :-)<<<
I don’t know why; it’s a perfectly cromulent word.
Craptastic!
Funny, I never heard that word until I moved to Springfield :-)<<<
I don’t know why; it’s a perfectly cromulent word.”
My absolute favorite Simpson's joke. I use ‘cromulent’ all the time!
Nonexistant? Excuse me, but it DOES exist! Sarah made it up, and it is now being used, even by her enemies!
8^)
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