"Foodstore" (was Re: Eggcorn?)

Mark A. Mandel mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU
Fri May 20 20:46:26 UTC 2005


Jonathan relates:
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The Bunkers always sounded real to me.  My grandmother often talked about
"doing some marketing," though less often than "buying some groceries."

"Marketing" referred to grocery stores only.
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Mine similarly: "do the marketing" [for groceries], never AFAIR "go
shopping". Specifically, my maternal grandmother, whom I lived with ca.
1957-1962. Born (ca. 1889) and raised in NYC, daughter of Russian-Jewish
immigrants.

-- Mark A. Mandel



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