A zeugmatic crash blossom to torment Mets fans

Language Log 2014-04-01

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As if New York Mets fans don't have to suffer enough, what with the five straight losing seasons and the embarrassing bullpen meltdown in yesterday's home opener, this headline (tweeted by Mark Fishkin) appeared in today's Wall Street Journal: One lucky fan, surely. #Mets pic.twitter.com/xymPstjVSE — Mark Fishkin (@MarkFishkin) April 1, 2014 The online version […]

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=11460

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Ben Zimmer

Date tagged:

04/01/2014, 13:00

Date published:

04/01/2014, 12:03