Ii's been happening for quite some time, now

[Wilson Gray]

The NYTM July 31, 2011, p.25b

"Mauricio _lay_ a rosary on the table."


Somehow, I senior-momented all of the earlier examples of _laid_
reanalyzed as _lay_, before. In like manner, I may have overlooked
other listers earlier noting of this phenomenon.

OT:

Yesterday, I heard myself ask, "Wear [are you going]" when I'd meant
to say "Where [...]."

Oh, well. Nothing lasts forever.
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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