[Ads-l] another entry for the "and <<>>in/en" files ("case and point")

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sun Feb 21 18:40:08 UTC 2016


> On Feb 21, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> [...]
>> So anyway, this from a lovely web page* I was linked to today featuring
>> the adoption of a kitty-cat by a lynx in the St. Petersburg Zoo:
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.earthporm.com_cat-2Dsneaks-2Dinto-2Dzoo_&d=AwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=24Kv0Px9YM_wQOeNYZg1VxgXgKlGfQe9A-MpCEgnuRo&s=peBulS4GOXRK1DeZI-5O0wjmrtkGqWvumLFpvuGtq44&e= 
>> 
>> "Case and point: take a look at the heartwarming friendship shared
>> between this calico house cat and European lynx."
> 
> I shared that one here way back in Dec. '04:
> 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__listserv.linguistlist.org_pipermail_ads-2Dl_2004-2DDecember_043585.html&d=AwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=24Kv0Px9YM_wQOeNYZg1VxgXgKlGfQe9A-MpCEgnuRo&s=wIjbW6rPUDE60f8Ew3di-xD1yF5mnlEGxMvhjA27Ef4&e= 
> 
> ...and added it to the ECDB in July '05:
> 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__eggcorns.lascribe.net_english_444_case-2Dand-2Dpoint_&d=AwIBaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=24Kv0Px9YM_wQOeNYZg1VxgXgKlGfQe9A-MpCEgnuRo&s=RKtreLpK--KqjEpvR_QR4gAr3qxEjpU4-p2I5ixlImI&e= 
> 
> --bgz
> 

Weird.  I must be doing something wrong.  When I search for it (putting "case and point" into the search line), the page I get is
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/index.php?s=case+and+point&submit=Search

which does contain a nifty blend in "cut to the cheese" of "cut the cheese" and "cut to the chase" but nothing on "case and point".  On the assumption that it's not just me, do you have a suggestion on how better to search?  Or should I just Browse, which I see gets me to the entry right where it alphabetically belongs?

LH

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