Tuesday, September 26, 2006

A Vocabulary Problem

"I'm a bibliophobe and proud of it, and I am an English teacher, and want my doctorate in education."
Michelle, caller on Talk of the Nation, NPR 9/26/2006 [2:53 eastern time].

Private Eye in the UK calls such broadcast verbal slips "Colemanballs" after a famous british sports journalist.

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