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Show HN: Why you can say abso-flippin-lutely but not ab-flipping-solutely

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Re: Show HN: Why you can say abso-flippin-lutely but not ab-flipping-solutely

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The explanation strikes me as overly complicated; from what I recall, the "flippin'" goes before the stressed syllable of the word. In "absolutely" the "lute" syllable is stressed, therefore "abso-flippin-lutely".

If I recall correctly, I learned this from "The Language Instinct" by Steven Pinker