[Ads-l] FW: [Non-DoD Source] Re: Child's misunderstanding: "the donzerly light" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Dan Goncharoff]

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On Apr 25, 2016 4:25 PM, "Mullins, Bill CIV (US)" <
william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:

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> "Pullet surprise" seems to be in the 13 Jun 1926 Des Moines Register
> (Newspapers.com premium), but I can't get to it.
>
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> >
> > Consider the following error that supposedly was made by a student:
> > "In 1957, Eugene O'Neill won a Pullet Surprise."
> >
> > The LA Times mentioned an earlier occurrence. (I haven't tried to trace
> it, yet.)
> >
> > [Begin excerpt]
> > To date the phrase even further back, Mike Brennan of Pacific Palisades
> writes that in the book "Bigger and Better Boners: An Up-to-date
> > Compendium of Errors Compiled from Classrooms and Examination Papers by
> Alexander Abington," 1952, he finds this: "A pullet surprise is
> > given in America every year for the best writings."
> > [End excerpt]
> >
> > Here is a link to the LA Times article:
> >
> > Date: February 27, 1985
> > Article: 'Pullet surprise' mystery deepens: Malapropism or gin--it's a
> case of boos
> > Byline: Jack Smith
> > http://articles.latimes.com/1985-02-27/news/vw-8930_1_pullet-surprise
> >
> > Garson
> >
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