Simon D. Williams wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Michael J. Mahon wrote:That will be an interesting "artistic effect" until everyone who knows what it is is gone--like dust and scratches added to video. (BTW, the above sentence is one of the few in which "is is" is not an error. I'm getting sick of "The problem is is that...".)My dad is notorious for that, and lately I've caught him adding a third "is" on when he gets particularly worked-up.
It was bad enough when a manager did it in the 1990s, but now I hear it *all the time*. Last week, none other than the president of the US did it. Of course, he's noted for other annoying mispronunciations, like "nucular"--though why anyone would say that is "uncular" to me. -michael NadaNet networking for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."