Syntactic blending: bunker down

Geoff Nathan an6993 at WAYNE.EDU
Mon Oct 13 13:08:25 UTC 2003


At 09:12 AM 10/13/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I cannot find what syntax is blended in "I tried to reach you but the
>line was off the hook."

Phones can be off the hook, and lines can be down, but aren't normally 'off
the hook.'

Geoff



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