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Chris -- 2018-04-11
The pronunciation of “in store for you” in non-rhotic accents is almost homophonic with the pronunciation of “in stall for you” in accents which also use a dark “L”, so it’s easy to understand how someone might mishear the former as the latter: the eggcornishness comes, I suggest, because people are thinking of the verb “install”, and also of things displayed on a metaphorical stall, rather than in a metaphorical store.
WHAT WE HAVE IN STALL FOR YOU
http://www.graefswinning.be/en/about-peonies/
It was a great introduction to a wonderful company, and I can’t wait to go back and see what they have in stall for me tomorrow!
http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/hss-placements- … g/commute/
This will be a good time to find out more about what we have in stall for you this semester
http://nuseconomics.com/2014/08/11/welc … ndergrads/
Lets have a sneak peak at what we have in stall for you.. (No pun intended!)
[two for the price of one there]
http://mainroadmarket.blogspot.co.uk/20 … ve-in.html
I’m excited to see what he has in stall for us on our journey.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q-Kj … &q&f=false
check our website homepage every day to see what we have in stall for you
http://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=107379
Wonder what he has in stall for us all next year.
http://bootedout.boards.net/thread/612/ … -microsoft
In the meantime, stay tuned as we may slip you a few clues into what we have in stall for you!
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Look at the fine hay we have in stall for you! Good one, Terry, though this one sounded vaguely familiar.
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I have absolutely no memory whatsoever of that “instore” “prestall” and so on business linked to above. Should I be worried?
On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.
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It was entirely new to me, too. Not to worry, I think. Vita longa, memoria brevis, interrete aeterna.
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