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#1 2015-08-28 11:05:34

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
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alternation < altercation

Things get heated in the back-and-forth of a fight:

He was shot during an alternation at the student union building Thursday night.

There are sure to be a lot of other examples out there, but I can’t go looking for trouble of that kind at the moment.


*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

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#2 2015-08-28 14:39:43

Dixon Wragg
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Re: alternation < altercation

The eggcornish meaning connection didn’t immediately strike me, but when you mentioned it, David, it made perfect sense. I think we’ve got a live one here.

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