Neck and Neck When Dialing for Dollars on MPR

It's time for a pledge drive on Minnesota Public Radio, and therefore a chance to hear some nice extemporaneous speech errors!

Today, Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer said that listeners who gave $20 per month could help send a radio to someone in Haiti, but somehow she managed to use the phrase "in that neck of the world" when explaining it.


I think she realized she had misspoken, but of course, she continued on, as she should have. I suppose this usage isn't even exactly wrong; it's just not as colloquial as "neck of the woods."