Date:    Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:09:53 -0800
<br>From:    Kim & Rima McKinzey  rkm[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SLIP.NET 
<br>Subject: Re: standardization of non-standard forms
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<br> I also understand that "happy as a
<br> clam" (a popular, if obscure, simile at least in the northeast U.S.)
<br> derives from the earlier "happy as a clam at high tide".
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<br>Thank you.  I've always wondered what that meant, and how happy was a clam
<br>anyway.
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<br>But, re malapropisms, my old neighbor in Brooklyn used to say things like:
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<br>She went through revolting doors,
<br>Described indiscrete lighting,
<br>Prayed at a Synagod,
<br>Ate Fig Noodles,
<br>Pointed out the flowers on her lapel by saying how she had gotten this
<br>lovely massage,
<br>Complained about her daughter ignoring her and "just shredding her shoulders."
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<br>Rima
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