Sashay eggcorn?

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Thu Jun 28 13:10:22 UTC 2007


Great catch, Neil!

-Wilson, ROTFLHAO

On 6/28/07, neil <neil at typog.co.uk> wrote:
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> From an online review of Horace Sikver's "Silver's Serenade"
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> Supported by a quintet that features trumpeter Blue Mitchell and saxophonist
> Junior Cook on the front line, Silver sachets his way through five finely
> crafted numbers with the style and grace of, well, fine silver.
>
> Surely 'sashay'?
>
> --Neil Crawford
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