New eggcorn?

[Bill Palmer]

Thanks all who have helped me get the picture.

Some people sure are touchy.

Bill
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Subject: Re: New eggcorn?


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> The presumed eggcorn seems to be "formally" for 'formerly."
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> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Baker, John <JMB at stradley.com> wrote:
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>>        I don't think it's an error.  I believe the sense is that,
>> although the U.S. government is an ally of the Pakistani government, the
>> Pakistani people think of the U.S. not as the ally it officially is, but
>> as an enemy.
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>> John Baker
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>> McClatchy Newspapers reports today that "Pakistanis regard the U.S.,
>> *formally* a close ally,...as a hostile power."
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>> I do not find this in the DB, which seems remarkable, as it seems like a
>> very common error. Did I not look far enough?
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>> Given the state of the profession today, I am not surprised to see this
>> transgression committed by the "journalisterati".  Thanks and credit to
>> Wilson G for the idea for this coinage.
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>> Bill Palmer
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