an eggcorn [over-]ripe for the database

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On May 26, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Larry Horn wrote:

> from today's Times, an article on A11 ("Tax exemptions for charities
> are increasingly facing new challenges", continuing a front page
> report on the trend):
>
> "This court ruling is just ripe with unintended consequences...The
> state is cutting off its nose to spite its face"
> [quoting Jon Nelson, executive director of RSI, a Duluth-based
> organization for parents of mentally disabled children]...

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