[Ads-l] eggcorn

[Jonathan Lighter]

And if I didn't, then even if it's mine it's still an eggcorn, isn't it?

JL

On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 7:17 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Because I heard her say it slowly and clearly, with an edh.
>
> That's how.
>
> JL
>
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> How do you know he said "to the nail" and not "tooth 'n' nail"??
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 4:50 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > A.B. Stoddard, MSNBC commentator:
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>> > "Republicans will fight you to the nail on that."
>> >
>> > JL
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>> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
>> truth."
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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