rhinoglottophilia?

[Bob Haas]

Oops, sorry, folks.  I meant for this to be an off-list message.

My apologies.

On 4/16/02 10:43 AM, "Bob Haas" <highbob at MINDSPRING.COM> wrote:

> I'm thinking Jan might be guilty of some of these.  Before I knew better, I
> thought it was "kitten caboodle."
>
> On 4/16/02 9:09 AM, "Benjamin Fortson" <fortson at FAS.HARVARD.EDU> wrote:
>
>> Here's another to add to the list: a secretary that I heard wrote "trance
>> and dental" for "transcendental".
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>>> "hand and glove" > "hand in glove"
>>>> "clean shavin"
>>>> "puss in/and boots"
>>>> "foot in mouth disease"  (not always jocularly intended)
>>>> "kitten caboodle"
>>>> "black and red fish"
>>>> "tongue and cheek"
>>>> "(at one's) beckon call"
>>>> "tender lovin'/love and care"
>>>> "Chip and Dale furniture" (I know, something else going on here)
>>>> and now
>>>> "in this day in age"
>>>
>>> A great collection!  Reminds me of my cat, Puss in Boots (named after the
>>> folktale/fairy tale), who was recorded by the vet's secretary as Puss and
>>> Boots (as per the cat food).  I think there's also a cat food called Kitten
>>> Kaboodle, isn't there?
>>>
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Bob Haas
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