[Ads-l] to "last an antiquity"

[Laurence Horn]

Well, confusion or not, it seems to be a robust source for punster naming strategies.  A Google search on “From Here to Antiquity” pulls up a philosophy tome on wisdom, an Australian art gallery exhibition, a book on Hollywood epics, a consignment shop in Montana, and so on.  Not quite as robust as the use of the more obvious “From Here to Maternity” for  certain women’s clothing stores, but still…

LH

> On Aug 7, 2023, at 8:43 PM, George Thompson <george.thompson at NYU.EDU> wrote:
> 
> I don't doubt he was groping for "eternity" when he came up with
> "antiquity". But a confusion that finds the (much) less common word is --
> creative.
> 
> GAT
> 
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 12:42 PM George Thompson <george.thompson at nyu.edu <mailto:george.thompson at nyu.edu>>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> From The Guardian.
>> 
>> “I think this original indictment was engineered to last a thousand years
>> and now this superseding indictment will last an antiquity,” Ty Cobb told
>> CNN. “This is such a tight case, the evidence is so overwhelming.”
>> 
>> Ty Cobb is a lawyer who has represented ex-president Trump in the past.
>> He's referring to one of the current investigations.
>> 
>> This figure of speech puzzles me. Antiquity lasted a hell of a long time,
>> to be sure, but he's projecting it into the future.
>> 
>> The article's headline is
>> Ex-Trump lawyer says evidence against him ‘overwhelming’ in Mar-a-Lago case
>> .
>> GAT
>> 
>> --
>> George A. Thompson
>> Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
>> Univ. Pr., 1998.
>> 
>> But when aroused at the Trump of Doom / Ye shall start, bold kings, from
>> your lowly tomb. . .
>> L. H. Sigourney, "Burial of Mazeen", Poems. Boston, 1827, p. 112
>> 
>> The Trump of Doom -- also known as The Dunghill Toadstool. (Here's a
>> picture of his great-grandfather.)
>> 
>> https://heritagecollections.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/HOP_WOA_3851
>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> George A. Thompson
> Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
> Univ. Pr., 1998.
> 
> But when aroused at the Trump of Doom / Ye shall start, bold kings, from
> your lowly tomb. . .
> L. H. Sigourney, "Burial of Mazeen", Poems. Boston, 1827, p. 112
> 
> The Trump of Doom -- also known as The Dunghill Toadstool. (Here's a
> picture of his great-grandfather.)
> 
> https://heritagecollections.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/HOP_WOA_3851 <https://heritagecollections.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/HOP_WOA_3851>
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