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[Grant Barrett]

On May 5, 2005, at 13:11, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> I'm sure I said, "PUT one over."

Oh, probably. Glad to see Google shows I'm not the only one who blends
"pull the wool over someone's eyes" with "put one over someone," also
commonly rendered as "put one over on someone," which pleases me just
as much as this:

Mom: Here, I brought up "Gravity's Rainbow" for a goodnight story.
Kid: Aw, Mom! Why did you bring that book I don't want to be read to
out of up for?

(from <http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001870.php> but originally
from  <http://www.vic.com/~dbd/kibology/transformational.tanner>.)

Over and out from out in New York,

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org