Sturm und Drang eggcorn

Mullins, Bill AMRDEC Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Thu Aug 31 14:53:22 UTC 2006


Mary Frances Berry of the University of Pennsylvania was a
guest on NPR's "News and Notes" show Tuesday morning.  During
the discussion (about New Orleans and Ray Nagin), a
transcript from ELibrary quotes her as having said:

"As somebody who didn't support Nagin when he first ran, I
think that he has come through markedly well with all the
storm and (unintelligible) in New Orleans and the forces that
he has to contend with. "

What she said was "storm and drang" -- I double-checked the
replay from NPR (and note the guest list described for "News
and Notes" for Tuesday is wrong in the printed description).
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5730639

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