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#1 2021-06-05 13:00:50

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2714
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a new verb: rest assure

(My daughter heard this on an airplane yesterday, and I confirmed it on the Internet.)

[stewardess] We wanted to rest-assure you that we are aware of those of you who have connections to make

[sherriff’s bulletin] I rest assure you that we are prepared to handle this crisis and are doing everything we can to keep everyone healthy.

I can rest assure you that I’m not sick knowing the Yankees couldn’t score 1 run off Morton and McCullers in a do or die game

I would like to Thank you for your subscription in my lists of contacts and to rest assure you that you will get a lot of benefits from this connection.

They rest assured us that the informal religious ceremonies will be conducted in our Home town, and the formal marriage will be registered in US thereafter

she rest assured us the boys were doing just fine.

Last edited by DavidTuggy (2021-06-05 13:03:21)


*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

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#2 2021-06-05 22:27:04

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2851

Re: a new verb: rest assure

A beautiful verbing. You are certainly not lock stepping with the rest of us. We’re just back seat drivering and all earing for your next contribution.


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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