strum up support

[Tom Zurinskas]

Like musicians plunking for a candidate. (As if musicians with their
lifestyles are great examples of American values).  The lead musician is the
Prime Minstrel.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
See truespel.com - and the 4  truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at
authorhouse.com.





>From: "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: strum up support
>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:17:43 -0700
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>Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Poster:       "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
>Subject:      Re: strum up support
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>On Jun 13, 2007, at 3:00 PM, Doug Harris wrote:
>
> > In a poetic way, _strum up support_ makes perfect sense if
> > referring to
> > the effort stringed-instrument-bearing buskers, flower children and
> > the like do to allow them to continue the lifestyle they've chosen.
>
>now in the ecdb, with doug quoted as above:
>
>    http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/928/strum-up/
>
>arnold
>
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