another "reversal"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've heard this too, though in somewhat less flagrant contexts.

Worse, I've read it.

Within the past few years only, AFAIK.

JL

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

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> An Atlanta newscaster on TV just reported, regarded a mobile home that a
> tornado had flung into a line of trees, killing the two occupants, "The
> winds were no match for the mobile home."
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