Modern Proverbs appeal

[Charles Doyle]

That word "filksong" is said to have originated as a typographical error for "folksong." Is there a category of words with that kind of derivation?

I remember an old version of WordPerfect (oh, how I miss WordPerfect and hate MSWord!) would always correct my spelling of the word "folksong," surmising that I had endeavored to say "filching"!

--Charlie
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>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:13:46 -0400
>From: Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM>
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>Heck, I could call my filksong "The Passenger" (http://tinyurl.com/2sj7m4) a prequel to the Lackeyfish "Ferryman". In fact, I think I will. ... Google (http://tinyurl.com/37b6vo) tells me that I described it as "my sequel/backstory to ... Ferryman".
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>m a m

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