An eggcorn that's been lying doormat?

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Thu Nov 22 00:46:18 UTC 2007


On Nov 20, 2007, at 5:15 PM, Mark Peters wrote:

> Just spotted this and thought I'd share the hee.
>
>  Vital Information is where once upon a time I wrote about eating
> local in Chicago, but now mostly lies doormat as I cure my addiction
> to computer poker...

lovely.  also a nasal-oral example.

arnold

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