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sarcastronaut20 января 2017 г.As an experimental psychologist I have been trained not to believe anything unless it can be demonstrated in the laboratory on rats or sophomores.
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In his April 5, 1997 column, the language maven William Safire ventured that the pronunciation of seminal as “SEM-uh-null” in place of “SEE-muh-null” was an instance of academic bowdlerization - prissy professors covering up the fact that the word seminal comes from the word semen. Safire’s theory, however, would have to go to lengths worthy of Oliver Stone to explain why those professors, presumably hatching plots in their SEEminars, have also changed the pronunciations of vanity, sanity, cleanliness, brevity, and criminal to hide the fact that they come from vain, sane, clean, brief, and crime.
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Former President George Bush used to tell reporters that he spent his vacation bonefishing, leading them to wonder what the best bait is for catching bones, and presumably his heart was in the right place when he explained, “I hope I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, anti-racism.”
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