Possible eggcorn

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> [Original Message]
> From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: 5/5/2006 10:35:05 AM
> Subject: Re: Possible eggcorn
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> At 10:13 AM -0400 5/5/06, David Bowie wrote:
> >I've decided to stop throwing every potential eggcorn i see onto this
> >list, but this one's too wonderful to pass up. From a comment on one of
> >washingtonpost.com's political blogs, responding to an entry on
> >Katherine Harris's spectacular continuing flameout in her US Senate race
> >here in Florida (and no, this person's not a Harris fan):
> >
> >    YES, next week should be very interesting with what they do to
> >    Harris. Talk about your soap opera. She is on Life Support
> >    because her own republican family is plotting to kill her chances
> >    of being on the ballot. Talk about getting what you deserve. You
> >    can almost hear her saying "You to Brutus", as the the last knife
> >                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >    is slipped into her. Kind of brings a tear to your eye !!!
> >    ( Because you can't stop laughing !)
>
> I thought it was "Ate *two*, Brutus?"
>
> Actually, though, the blogger above *could* have committed a simple
> typo for "You too", if we're to be charitable about it.
>
> LH
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