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Chris -- 2018-04-11
In a discussion (to use the term loosely) of Sen. Sanders’ reaction to the shooting at the Republicans’ baseball practice:
Bill 3 minutes ago
And poor bernie is upset, i’m agasped
Haven’t seen it anywhere else, but I think it’s a perfect eggcorn, as one usually gasps when one is aghast.
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This fits the discussion of aghasp though this particular variant (with the final orthographic ed that is phonetically a t ) is especially to the purpose (and very beautiful).
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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