[Ads-l] Fair to midland

[Ben Zimmer]

Entered in the Eggcorn Database in 2005.

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/457/midland/

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 2:32 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> The g-droppin' tickled my fancy:  the g has been literally dropped.
> "LITERALLY" in the literal sense. Much cleaner than an illiterate <midlin'>
> or <midlin> spelling.
> The Butterfly Effect (2004), IMDb user review by glamslamking1 (U.S.), 7
> February 2005:
> << This movie received WAY too many bad reviews. The only reason was to
> PUNK Ashton Kutcher. Say what you will, Kutcher did a fair to midland
> acting job here. There have been a lot worse performances on film in much
> better reviewed movies. >>
> Cf. Dallas progressive rock band 1998–2012, of same name.
>
>

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