Something for the eggcorn file.
"If you ain't a cowboy, you ain't shit." As Edward Abbey said, think
about it.
Indeed. Thanks.
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/523/right-away/
Chris Waigl
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Our current President must be a candidate for the eggorn hall of fame.
> Our current President must be a candidate for the eggorn hall of fame.
Usenet has a president?
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SML
clams got legs
> "If you ain't a cowboy, you ain't shit." As Edward Abbey said, think
> about it.
So ... if you =are= a cowboy, then you =are= ...
Aha! I see what you mean. Quite logical.
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Stefano
I wanna Donna [not the greatest slogan, I'll have to work on it]
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Jess Askin
Iowa, USA
Recent spots :
right next store
living aside
The faux POTUS President George W Bush, aka W, aka. the chimpler, aka
the shrub.
Sorry, I don't get that last one.
Instead of "leaving aside". Doesn't seem like the sort of thing a native
speaker would come up with, BWDIKIJATP.
RF, do you actually talk that way? What a wonder of a mind it is to think
and talk in so many initialisms.
To me, No Spam's "AKA D Dubya!" could mean the emphatic "The(long ee as in
tree) Dubya" or "The(with a schwa, but spoken with emphasis) Dubya".
My choice would have been to write it as either "De Dubya" (as in "De
Camptown racetrack, 5 miles long", which might be interpreted as racist, not
PC, or "eye dialect") or "Da Dubya", (which should be right up your
alley--an echo of "da Mare" in Chicagoese).
And I echo Askin's puzzlement. No Spam, what _did_ you mean?
TP? (We always say "only a begonia".)
"But what do I kare? I just ask the pope?
>>>>> living aside
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I don't get that last one.
>>>
>>> Instead of "leaving aside". Doesn't seem like the sort of thing a
>>> native
>>> speaker would come up with, BWDIKIJATP.
>>
>> TP? (We always say "only a begonia".)
>
> "But what do I kare? I just ask the pope?
"But What Do I Know...I Just Ask The Pope."
Or maybe "But What Do I Know? I'm Just A Teacher's Pet."
Or, "But What Do I Know? It's Just A Term, Pilgrim." (Is Areff into
doing John Wayne?)
Maria Conlon
Gegoogleka. He's just a Trombone Player. Should of guest.
Great, Maria. I have a blind spot or two.
It's not my own phrase, but a phrase used by Bill Lowe, who you can read
about here:
http://www.music.neu.edu/Faculty/Lowe/William_Lowe.html
He's also famous for "Keep those cards and letters coming", though he
probably didn't coin that one.
Is that a quote from Ponscious Pilot?
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Mike.
"It is finished," in Etruscan. Coulda been his last word.