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Chris -- 2018-04-11
A likely Lehmann’s term:
I had saddle shoes, too. I thought mine were special. I loved them. I always wanted a pair of Red Ball Jets, but I never got them. ¶ July 24 at 3:46pm · Like · 1 [name] You weren’t the only one wearing those shoes. We had to wear them as well and I always wanted the Penney Loafers.
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The connection to a penny is less than obvious, and Penney’s did sell them (as did Sears and every other store worth its shoe leather, of course.)
Last edited by DavidTuggy (2014-07-27 17:04:25)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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It would be hard to prove that “penney loafer” wasn’t just a misspelling. See how many web examples there are of copper penney.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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Agreed. We need a perp’s confession. (Capitalization may be some indication, when it occurs.)
Last edited by DavidTuggy (2014-07-27 21:03:06)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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