Eggcorn?

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Nov 30, 2007, at 7:40 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> From IntentBlog:
>
> "Its distorted forms are so varied that even a greatest of the
> artistic and scientific minds can not conjure its appearance,
> _call what may_, terrorism, religion, ideology, ..."
>
> From Abby Winters forum:
>
> "Hursuite... Hairy... Natural... _call what may_"
>
> These are the only two examples from Google. IMO, both writers have
> crossed "come what may" with "call it what you will."

so this looks like a blend, rather than an eggcorn.  but a nice
example of blending.

arnold

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