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 […]