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#1 2016-11-29 14:02:49

Dixon Wragg
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From: Cotati, California
Registered: 2008-07-04
Posts: 1375

"Cabernet" for "cabaret"

There are lots of these.

Dennis is a renowned Cabernet and Opera singer with way too many credits to go into here
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A cabernet singer Sally Slor sings at La Madelon nightclub in Los Angeles,California.
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Watching Gotham and surprised to hear the Cabernet singer in Penguins club singing Love is Stronger Than Death…
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Can you imagine if the character of a brave female astronaut or an intrepid pioneer woman or a sexy cabernet singer had to stop and fumble in her purse for a tampon?
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The heroine of the story is Frieda Bloom, a Cabernet singer who shared the stage with the famous, Lotte Lenya…
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I can easily imagine someone sitting at a table in a cabaret enjoying a glass of Cabernet while listening to a “Cabernet” singer.

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#2 2016-11-30 12:32:54

yanogator
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From: Ohio
Registered: 2007-06-07
Posts: 237

Re: "Cabernet" for "cabaret"

So, Edith Piaf couldn’t have been a cabernet singer, because she sang Un Vie En Rosé


“I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin

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#3 2016-11-30 17:57:15

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2872

Re: "Cabernet" for "cabaret"

Ah, mon sherry, la môme.


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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