Phenonemon?

Language Log 2025-01-05

Summary:

In a comment about the video lecture in yesterday's post about David Lodge, JPL asked: Why does he say "phenonemon" [sic] (purposefully enunciated) at 4:42? Let's start with the question of what Lodge actually says. Here's the relevant passage, in which Lodge describes some of the real-life background for his novel Small World: Your browser […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67796&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=phenonemon

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Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

01/05/2025, 10:21

Date published:

01/05/2025, 07:50