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Old 18-07-2012, 17:45   #10
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Re: The Oxford English Dictionary

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Originally Posted by mobertol View Post
Exactly Sue, an important part of the "Jaysayism" is the complete lack of intention when pronouncing them -a sort of sponteneity bordering on the naif!

A good example which springs to mind being Dudget instead of Budget - surely a dudget deserves to exist in the collective national vocabulary -it has that certain "Je ne sais qua?!" (pardon mon Francais!)

I fear the OED may have to set up a whole new collection just for Jaysayisms -I envisage teams of researchers trawling Accyweb for them -could take decades to compile!
Oh come on Di I've only made the odd post
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