There was something pelicanish about his head and the foreign object of his larynx.

This playfulness and hyperforeign linguistic behavior is notably absent with [ŋ] in English, a sound that is systematically ruled out in initial position. Thus, speakers do not turn a name like Noam [noʷm] into *Ngoam [ŋoʷm] for any playful purpose or to underscore its seeming alien quality.

In many quarters, it is important to be a good drunk to fit in socially (make that across the board if you are male).

Once the two left wheels departed the surface, Travis knew he was in for trouble. Since there wasn't a roll bar on the SUV, the roof was probably going to collapse on his head when it contacted the asphalt.