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Chris -- 2018-04-11
One has to wonder whether some who hear talk about the “Dred Scott decision” for the first time may think that the utterer actually interjected the adjective “dreaded.” Clearly this could be a source of pun, but it’s still a viable candidate for an Eggcorn in other cases.
This one appears to be an intentional pun … or is it possible that the scribe made the mistake? ...
Hansard—Tuesday, April 9, 1985—Afternoon Sitting
I was talking about that era from the dreaded Scott decision in 1857 up to the decisions on the New Deal in 1930, when the court . . . . Interjection.
qp.gov.bc.ca/hansard/33rd3rd/33p_03s_850409p.htm · Cached page
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I also found a few instances of ‘Dreg Scott,’ e.g.,
The Dreg Scott decision was lambasted as the wrong opinion at the wrong time …
www.eotacforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=52172&start=0
... several new laws and bills to keep slavery as property in all states and territories to prevent another Dreg Scott type of challenge. ...
redblueamerica.com/blog/2008-04-29/the-democratic-party-irony-contradictive-and-just-plain-
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“Dread” by itself can be used as an adjective (without the “ed”). I think the first time I heard about Dred Scott, I heard it as dread, which made perfect sense to me. I’m sure I read it as a commentary on the decision.
Feeling quite combobulated.
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