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Chris -- 2018-04-11
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent … 037d4.html
“Ms. Etheredge, chewing gum during the news conference, tried to describe Mr. Owens as a man of stature, but instead called him a “man of statue.” Ms. Etheredge also challenged the Dallas police’s account of the incident.”
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I’ve just corrected a description of Wayne Sleep on Wikipedia that said he’s of “diminutive statue”. Quite a common error, it seems, and needs to be added to the database. It’s a much stronger eggcorn than the statute>statue one.
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