Fwd: variation

[Neal Whitman]

Meant to send this to the whole list, not just Brenda...

Neal

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> From: Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net>
> Date: July 4, 2013 4:28:09 PM EDT
> To: Brenda Lester <alphatwin2002 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: variation
> 
> Discussions of "rocket surgery" and other idiom blends:
> 
> http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-01-12/features/ct-tribu-words-work-idioms-20110112_1_metaphors-idiom-blends
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> http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001737.html
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> http://literalminded.wordpress.com/2004/12/19/idiom-blending/
> 
> Neal
> 
> On Jul 4, 2013, at 3:26 PM, Brenda Lester <alphatwin2002 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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>> Subject:      variation
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>> "I'm not a rocket surgeon."
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