http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/another-round-of-repropriation/ A blog mostly about language Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:46:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/another-round-of-repropriation/#comment-39913 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:17:17 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=12174#comment-39913 The second [p] in _repropriate_ is the crux. Maybe it’s the result of a sociolinguistic factor, such as euphemistic deformation, since reproduction has traditionally been a tabu area. When I was a teenager ages ago, my father intimated to me in hushed tones that my mother had “cancer of the [OH-duh-reez]“. Discussing with me the C-word and ovaries caused him great discomfort. [v] > [d].

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