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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Heard this one today.
Does one harp back, or hark back? The difference between playing and listening perhaps…
Andrew Bamji
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The short answer is that the standard phrase is “to hark back.”
The long answer can be found in this lengthy Language Log post from June, 2004: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/language … 01117.html
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