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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Heard in my office from daughter of an elderly patient of mine.
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This is in the Database ( http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/337/old-timers/ ), but it’s certainly a fascinating reshaping. A number of us here on the forum think it’s an example of a pun that then was reinterpreted by some other people as being the standard term.
And welcome to the forum, ruthkc.
Last edited by patschwieterman (2010-03-01 23:09:26)
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