play malaprops

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Jun 6, 2007, at 8:30 AM, Ben Zimmer wrote:

> It's even in the OED now, under sense 4 of "nasturtium" (first cite
> from _Ulysses_)...

cool.  the Joyce connection (hinted at in some of the webpages i
googled up) *and* the Wimsey connection.

arnold

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