Eggcorn or Malapropism?

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Apr 28, 2008, at 8:26 PM, Phil Cleary wrote:

> "Due to the variations in mail server configurations and other factors
> beyond our control, this function cannot be considered 100%
> accurate. It
> is possible that some email addresses that are actually bad can be
> reported as good and vis-a-vis. So use care when interpreting the
> results and deciding to delete a suspect card."
>
> http://thunderplunger.mozdev.org/
>
> Is "vis-a-vis" an eggcorn or just a malapropism?

just a malapropism, i think.  discussed as such on a.u.e here:

http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.usage.english/2006-04/msg04122.html

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