Cool malapropism/eggcorn
Arnold M. Zwicky
zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Wed Feb 7 16:04:07 UTC 2007
On Feb 7, 2007, at 7:15 AM, Geoff Nathan wrote:
> Reported on the CNN site, as said by Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of
> the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
>
>> ... "At this point and time, I do not know whether or not it is
>> the law of averages that caught up with us or if there's been a
>> change in tactics, techniques and procedures on the part of the
>> enemy, which is what the investigation will do," Pace said.
cute. not in the ecdb. i get 63,000 hits for "at this point and
time", almost all looking relevant.
arnold
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