"drop by"-- was: Re: "meant to have"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've also encountered "drop around," which seems positively metaphysical.

  JL

"Cohen, Gerald Leonard" <gcohen at UMR.EDU> wrote:
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"Drop by" may be a blend---from "stop by" (the house; followed by an =
invitation to come in) + "drop in" (Santa Claus style?)
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Gerald Cohen
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Original message:
Yes, bad Brits! But then we're meant to be a bit eccentric, ^aren't we.

And in our favo(u)r we don't say "drop by" - how exactly can you drop =
by?

David Sutcliffe

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