Re: blend: "slowly by slowly"

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 12/17/03 8:17:30 PM, gcohen at UMR.EDU writes:


>    For those interested in syntactic blending, here's one I heard the other 
> day.
> A fellow named Rick Francona was being interviewed on MSNBC about
> interrogating Saddam Hussein. Getting him to reveal his secrets
> involves a gradual process of wearing him down, and during Francona's
> explanation, he said that "slowly by slowly" (something will happen,
> I forget just what).
> 
>    This is clearly a blend of "slowly" and "step by step."
> 
> Gerald Cohen
> 

or "little by little"