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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I see that the Eggcorn Database has two variants, “branded about†and “bantied about,†plus a commentary on the latter that offers “batted about.†And in the Eggcorn Forum, there are entries for “brandied about†and “banded aboutâ€.
I have heard “bantered about†for years. It gets 68,200 Google hits as I write, and most seem to be the real eggcorn deal, rather than accounts of bantering, such as “…and then bantered about what kind of underwear they and their audience was wearing.â€
Some examples:
“Accountability, data, high-stakes testing, data-driven decisions, No Child Left Behind, assessment and data-informed instruction are only several of the many terms bantered about when student achievement and public education are talked about today.”
http://www.sd54.org/SD54/mediacoverage.htm
“But among all the solutions that are bantered about, I am most confident in the TechnoServe approach because it is sustainable; because it operates within existing laws of supply and demand; because it operates within the motivations of an existing business system.”
http://www.technoserve.org/news/AM04.htm
“…the way nanotechnology is bantered about, it includes everything from the person who mixes your martini at the bar to single-molecule scientists.â€
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articl … id=1299065
“Over the years the Lord’s Day and “sabbath rest” issue has been bantered about. Or perhaps, it has not been bantered about enough.”
http://www.salemreformed.org/pages/policies.php
The word “bandy†is just not used very much, especially as a verb, except in the phrase “bandy about.†The substitution of the widely understood “banter†works well: there’s a certain back-and-forth quality to banter, because there’s not much fun in making playful and witty comments if there’s no one to respond to them. That is, “bantering about†preserves the idea of tossing something around, although bantering something about sounds more entertaining than just bandying something about.
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