"Dipe" (1922) as a typo for "Dive"

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Sun Dec 12 23:34:35 UTC 2004


>Ah yes! "Dive" is much more likely here than the otherwise unattested "Dipe."

A possibility, but only that. Both the Web instances which I find have
"dive-ducat" ... but both have "crabhanger" for "crapehanger" (or
"crepehanger") too. They are not independent sources IMHO. And it's not
named the "World Wide Web of Lies and Errors" for nothing.

Is "dive-" for "subway-" recorded elsewhere?

-- Doug Wilson



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