The trouble with getting nifty expressions from reading books

[naomikritzer]

"Daddy, I'll let Kiera file you in on all the dentals."

Yes, she said both "file" and "dentals."

"File" instead of "fill" actually makes a certain logical sense, but "dentals" instead of "details"?

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[pants-of-doom.livejournal.com]

Linguistically they're not that different, and once she decided there was an N she may have gone with the word she thought it was.