Okay, I didn't make it to the opera night on Friday so am unable to report on the classic malapropisms bandied about there by one woman in particular....

But this evening (well, yesterday, now!) I was at a Committee of the Whole mtg (read: City Council - essentially, anyway - I'm still not sure of the distinction between a C of the W mtg and a Council mtg). Our beloved mayor came up with a couple of doozies. I only remember one of 'em, alas. Councillors were discussing semantics - trying to decide if they wanted to use the word "endorse" or the word "support" - one of them had suggested replacing the former with the latter. The mayor said, "So are we going to supplement support for endorse?"

No, honey. You're contemplating SUBSTITUTING one for the other.

Sighhhh....

(But when I bitched about this to my mother later on, she said, "Poor Isabel - she's a busy woman and she works hard. I can forgive her for that.")