Today I met a guy walking his dogs near our place, and they had stopped for a drink by the fountain. He had two Brittany spaniels on a tandem lead, mom and a pup a few months old. Of course, Mama came over to be petted, dragging the puppy a bit since he was attached to her. He wasn't so eager about going over to meet strangers.
The guy said, "oh, she loves to be petted, but he's definitely skittery-ish-er."
What?
I know he was trying to say "more skittish," but that was mangled pretty badly. The older I get, the more people I meet who don't have even a passing decent vocabulary and make a total hash out of their native English.
Of course, look at the role models we have. Go ahead, blame Dub-yuh. He's good for it.
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