[Ads-l] Eggcorn?

[Dan Goncharoff]

The nether reaches are the bottom of a cave. Doesn't seem inappropriate to
me.

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021, 9:31 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> > On Apr 2, 2021, at 8:44 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> > I don't see the eggcorn. What am I missing?
>
> nether regions ==> nether reaches?
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 2, 2021, 8:20 PM David Daniel <dad at coarsecourses.com> wrote:
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> >> L.A. Times, April 2, 2021: ´... someone who spends so much time plumbing
> >> the
> >> nether reaches of the body politic.”
> >> DAD
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