Unless we're talking about approaching the lowest voices in the choir
and doing some laying on of hands, as it were.
Dean
On Oct 17, 2006, at 9:19 PM, Mark D Lew wrote:
On Oct 17, 2006, at 10:14 AM, Bruce K H Kau wrote:
My favorite eggcorn, which I've never heard anywhere else, was
from a person who used to be in our marketing department. To say
we needed to stay in communication regarding an issue, she said we
need to be on a "touch basis". Now, I've often heard people say we
need to "touch base" to mean we need to communicate periodically,
which actually is a corruption of "touch all the bases", which you
need to do to score a home run in baseball. But, this was the only
person who wanted to be on a "touch basis". Since I was married, I
had to pass the opportunity up.
Are you sure "touch base" derives from "touch all the bases". Yes,
you need to touch all four for a home run, but there are plenty of
instances where you have to go back and touch the one you're on.
Seems more logical that "touch base" came from one of those.
mdl
_______________________________________________
Finale mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Dean M. Estabrook
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have you ever heard of an eleven or thirteen step program?
_______________________________________________
Finale mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
