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The Crazy Cosmic Lurve God
February 14, 2009 9:51 am
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What's lurve got to do with it? A caller is puzzled by a greeting card with the phrase "crazy cosmic lurve god." Linguistics fans will fan themselves as Grant explains the roots of this expression with linguistic terms like the intrusive R and epenthesis. This is part of a complete episode.
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