On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Michael Pollak wrote:
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> On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> > The January issue of the Progressive has an interview with Marge
> > Piercy. In the intro, she's quoted as saying "I was such a grrrl."
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> How is this word pronounced? Until you just mentioned it, I always
> thought it was verbally indistinguishable from girl.
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> Michael
It's all context--when Marge says the word "girl" in an interview in the Progressive, it must be spelled grrrrl.
Miles