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.
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