variation

[Laurence Horn]

My favorite is "a few French fries short of a deck".  I'm sure that one will come in handy.

LH

On Jul 4, 2013, at 4:30 PM, Neal Whitman wrote:

> Meant to send this to the whole list, not just Brenda...
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> 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
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>> Discussions of "rocket surgery" and other idiom blends:
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>> 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/
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>> Neal
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>> On Jul 4, 2013, at 3:26 PM, Brenda Lester <alphatwin2002 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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