Another example is former Pres. Nixon's frequent use of the phrase "point in time." Points are in space; time occupies no space and has no points. But the phrase is used so much since he introduced it, it sounds right now. A. Leon Polhill, Gator "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain
________________________________ From: Helen Huntley <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, September 21, 2011 12:34:02 PM Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Gatornews from the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post courtesy of JunoGator It seems that misuse is the way common expressions get changed. For example, people began saying that some athlete got "untracked" to mean that he started doing well, when they meant that he got back "on track." If you think about it, untracked means you ran off the track. On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Woody <[email protected]> wrote: you can slice thru shaved ice. ;) > > > > > >On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:30 AM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > >How does anything cut water? >> >> >>Is this a mixed metaphor, "hold water" and "cut <<something>>"? >> >> >>-Zeb >> >> >> >> >>On Sep 21, 2011, at 8:26 AM, JunoGator wrote: >> >>7. The offense committed eight penalties. “Sign me up for not being happy >>about >>that, too.” Three of those were false starts. “Three line-of-scrimmage >>penalties >>at home. That doesn’t cut any water.” >> >>-- >>GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >>1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >>2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >>2008 National Football Champions | >>Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >>Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us >-- >GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >2008 National Football Champions | >Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- Helen Huntley (727) 823-3801www.helenhuntley.com -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
