Eggcorn or Freudian slip?

Cohen, Gerald Leonard gcohen at UMR.EDU
Sat Jul 22 00:47:24 UTC 2006


Sounds like a blend: "an enduring peace" + "a durable peace." 
 
Gerald Cohen

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 (From a clip just now on PRI's "The World"):
 Condoleezza Rice on her coming mission to the Middle East, said that
conditions  would need to be established that would bring about an
"endurable peace."
AM


 

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