a working progress

[Wilson Gray]

How about these two?

"... small in statue ..."

Only 244 Googlits, one of which is: "It sounded like she'd said, 'small in
statue,' like she wasn't too bright."

",,, change courses in mid(-)stream ..."

Only twenty Googlits.

-Wilson Gray


On 5/15/06, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu> wrote:
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> On May 14, 2006, at 6:37 AM, Stephen Goranson wrote:
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> > Before today, I don't recall reading anything described as "a working
> > progress"
> > rather than a "work in progress." I was surprised to see about
> > 18,400 google
> > hits, though that's small compared to the 16 million with the
> > latter spelling.
> > An eggcorn?
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> looks like it.  not in the database, and it might be a while till i
> get around to it.  but thanks (to you and to grant barrett).
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> arnold
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