Pregnant with twins is pregnanter. Pregnant with quintuplets is pregnantest.
To whom shall one speak correct English? To radio audiences. Before 1960, radio announcers were culturally required to spew "correct" grammar, which led to a peculiar divide. The intro and outro of every dramatic program were egregiously "correct", while the actors in the drama spoke English.
Pregnant with twins is pregnanter. Pregnant with quintuplets is pregnantest.
To whom shall one speak correct English? To radio audiences. Before 1960, radio announcers were culturally required to spew "correct" grammar, which led to a peculiar divide. The intro and outro of every dramatic program were egregiously "correct", while the actors in the drama spoke English.
http://polistrasmill.blogspot.com/2021/01/intro-hall.html
Hi Ken, I featured this issue in my newsletter, and it got quite a few clicks (not surprising, as I did put it under "best of the month ;-) ) You can take a look here https://englishinprogress.substack.com/p/new-quiz-guess-the-world-english
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