"confuse for"

[Jonathan Lighter]

CNN today describes an albatross chick fed plastic debris by "parents who
confused it for food."

JL

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> My, my. I believe I coined this culturally indispensable acronym myself,
> right here, on April 10, 2005.
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> JL
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> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu
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> > Yes, it's both.  We deal here with a blend: "confuse with" + "mistake
> for".
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> > Gerald Cohen
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> > Original message from Jonathan Lighter, Friday, January 04, 2013 3:36 PM:
> > From a journalistic website:
> > http://www.livescience.com/11341-good-food-bad.html :
> > "What a pity that most Americans have never eaten pizza and confuse it
> for
> > the junk food advertised on television. In Italy there are laws defining
> > pizza."
> > With > for?  Or mistake > confuse?  Or both?
> > JL
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