got it down packed

[Chris F. Waigl]

On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 16:22 -0400, William Salmon wrote:

> Not sure if this potential EC has been noted: "down packed" for "down
> pat".

EC?!

> Google provides:
>
> I got all my notes and I listen carefully in class but I don't have
> everything down packed in Spanish.
>
> Try doing it in practice first to get it down packed.
>
> I had practiced parallel parking in my driveway for HOURS and I had it
> down packed? but never on a friggin? hill

Thank you. http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/708/packed/

Chris Waigl

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