"beyond the pall"

[Laurence Horn]

I also wonder how many of the not infrequent occurrences of "beyond
the pail" involve more than a simple misspelling or pun (as in
promotions for gardening sites, flushable diaper companies, and the
like).

LH

At 2:43 PM -0500 12/29/10, Herb Stahlke wrote:
>Or based on the more technical meaning of "pall" as a cloth covering a
>casket until the casket is lowered into the grave.
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>Herb
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>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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