"Did you see what Paul Kugelman wrote?"
I knew she meant, Paul Krugman op-ed columnist for the New York Times. My 102-and-a-half year old mother is devoted to him but always refers to him that way. I stopped trying to correct her years ago. Her malapropisms can be quite charming. Plus the fact that she always says when I try to correct her about anything, "I'm too old to do any changing. You're still young so you should change. If you want a list I could make it."
"To tell you the truth, I didn't read his column. We've been so busy getting ready to head to Florida, to see you, that I haven't been able to keep up with the paper."
I didn't add that Krugman is not one of my favorites. He's too much of a traditionalist Keynesian for me and I feel he has been hypercritical of the Obama economic team and policies since he was not asked to join them.