Awesome linguistic gymnastics

Arnold Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Wed Jul 8 14:15:47 UTC 2009


On Jul 8, 2009, at 6:36 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

>
> "back to my image as a tough huntin' and fishin' gal."
>
> I think I heard Palin quoted, or perhaps paraphrased, as going out to
> "kill salmon".

maybe shooting fish in a barrel?

arnold

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