Eggcorn?

[Dennis R. Preston]

Matt,

You are shameless.

dInIs

>Was the applicant's name D. Bledsoe by any chance? I guess that would be an
>ex-Patriot.
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>On 2/8/06 10:34 AM, "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
>
>
>>   I just read an application to a doctoral
>>  program from a native speaker who referred to being abroad and
>>  meeting "a fellow ex-patriot".
>>
>>  Larry
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