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Subject: Of garden paths... - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 22-Dec-83 22:32:03 EST
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uicsl!ashwin    Dec 22 11:08:00 1983

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Does anyone know the origin of the phrase  "to lead <someone> up the garden
path"?   Ditto  "garden path sentences"?  Did these evolve from the same set
of concepts and connotations?

Ashwin Ram

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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