"will shod" for will shoe

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:19 AM -0400 5/27/07, sagehen wrote:
>Liane Hansen on Weekend Edition this morning, speaking of the farrier's
>work on the cavalry  horses readying for the Memorial Day rites at
>Arlington, said, ..........."will shod all the horses" (over a period of
>time).
>  AM
...inevitably reminding me of the tourist who asks the Boston cabbie
"Do you know where I can get scrod around here?" only to be
complemented by the cabbie for his use of the pluperfect subjunctive
[sic].

LH

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