"beyond the pall"

[Herb Stahlke]

Or based on the more technical meaning of "pall" as a cloth covering a
casket until the casket is lowered into the grave.

Herb

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Rationalization basd on ignorance of the meaning (in this case) of the word
> "pale"?
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> JL
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> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>> What is the type of error called that results in "beyond the pall"
>> stated instead of "beyond the pale"?  I can imagine someone thinking
>> of pall, n.1, "(fig.) something regarded as enveloping a situation
>> with an air of gloom, heaviness, or fear." (9.a).
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>> Joel
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