Facebook: "The US government is the laughing _stalk_ of other countries." [NT]

[Wilson Gray]

Bizarre. I got an error message from the listserv telling me that that was
a "rejected posting." Yet, you've received it.

Youneverknow.


On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:37 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Wilson wrote:
> Subject:      Facebook: "The US government is
>     the laughing _stalk_ of other countries." [NT]
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> Ben Zimmer has created an entry in the eggcorn database
> http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/482/stock/
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> stock » stalk
> Chiefly in:   laughing stalk , livestalk
> Classification: English – cot/caught merger
> Spotted in the wild:
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> “It’s a bigger challenge for the entire community of quality
> management consultants to make sure that the ISO convention does not
> become a laughing stalk,” he said. (USJ-Subang Jaya, Malaysia, Mar.
> 19, 2001)
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