new coinage?

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Feb 24 20:14:18 UTC 2005


>" under pressure to tow party lines".......taken from another list.
>Is this what you call an Eggcorn  ?  (It could have been an intentional
>coinage: I haven't asked the perpetrator.)
>A. Murie

Yes, in fact "tow the line" (the more general version) is a bonified
charter member of the eggcorn club.

larry



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