Quandary Resolution 899
optative, putative, exponent, masticate
The inveterate putative optative supposedly uttered by Marie Antoinette, “Let them eat cake”, has recently come under question by exponents of a questionable new age historian Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve who believes she actually said “Let them masticate muffins”, which makes even less sense in French.
by gumo420 on March 07, 2010
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