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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Subject: Eggcorn or Freudian slip?
(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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