"Foodstore" (was Re: Eggcorn?)

[Roger Shuy]

on 5/18/05 11:17 AM, Wilson Gray at wilson.gray at RCN.COM wrote:

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--> -Or, as my aunt in Strong, Maine used to say, she went "overstreet" to
do her shopping rather than downtown. There were no malls back in those
days.
    roger shuy
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> Hm. You guys say "foodstore" and not "grocery store"? Interesting. How
> about shopping? Do you also say "go foodshopping?" FWIW, for me, going
> to the grocery store to shop is simply "going to the store" and "going
> shopping" means going downtown or, nowadays, to the mall.
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> -Wilson Gray
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> On May 17, 2005, at 5:12 PM, FRITZ JUENGLING wrote:
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>> Yes, some people DO buy morning glory seeds.  That reminds me of when
>> my wife and I were in the foodstore shortly after we moved to
>> Minnesota. We were in the fresh produce area and saw, to our great
>> disbelief and amazement--blackberries!! The price was ridiculous--
>> several dollars for a a large handful--but the fact that they were
>> there was enough to make my wife laugh.
>> Fritz J
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>>>>> wilson.gray at RCN.COM 05/17/05 11:07AM >>>
>> An excellent question! I was hurt to see my beloved Southern
>> honeysuckle derided in a Northeern news article as an "invasive weed."
>> On the other hand, I was shocked to see that no less a company than
>> Burpee sells morning-glory seeds. There are people willing to pay for
>> *morning-glory* seeds?! What's next? People buying jimson-weed seeds?!
>>
>> -Wilson Gray
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>> On May 17, 2005, at 12:17 AM, James C Stalker wrote:
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>>> Some pop culture impetus to "spreading like wildflowers."  Dolly
>>> Parton does
>>> a song in which she maintains that "wildflowers don't care where they
>>> grow,"
>>> suggesting moving on, spreading out, etc.  As I was engaged in the
>>> manly
>>> ritual of taking out the garbage tonight, I took stock of my yard and
>>> decided that I was going to have to do something about the
>>> forget-me-nots,
>>> phlox, and buttercups, which/that are taking over my garden.  They are
>>> all
>>> native to Michigan and love the cool weather.  They don't care where
>>> they
>>> grow, especially given the fertilizer and watering I've provided.  In
>>> fact,
>>> they are spreading like wildflowers.  There seems to be a definition
>>> problem.  What constitutes a "wildflower"?  A delicate thing that
>>> needs a
>>> very specific enviornment, or a hardy flower that's cute in the woods
>>> but is
>>> a weed in our garden?
>>>
>>> Jim
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>>>
>>> Jonathan Lighter writes:
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>>>> The good news is that Google as yet provides no hits for "spreading
>>>> like wallflowers."
>>>>
>>>> JL
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>>>> Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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>>>> At 12:33 PM +0100 5/12/05, Michael Quinion wrote:
>>>>> A subscriber has e-mailed me thus: "I am a college instructor, and
>>>>> the other day I was grading papers when I came across this: 'In the
>>>>> early 1960s, rock and roll was spreading like wildflowers.' I found
>>>>> it oddly apt and a little poetic, if totally wrong."
>>>>>
>>>> It may be wrong, but it's spreading like...well, let's see:
>>>>
>>>> "spreading like wildfire" 42,200
>>>> "spreading like wildflowers" 352
>>>>
>>>> Larry
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>>> James C. Stalker
>>> Department of English
>>> Michigan State University
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