Thyme Of The Day

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Mar 3, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Doug Harris wrote:

> Listing on "Freecycle," a net place for giving/getting stuff at no
> cost:
>
> "we are looking for items with chicken on them... going to be our new
> thyme, thanks"

> While obviously a misspelling, this sorta kinda borders on being an
> eggcorn, I'm thinking.

"thyme" for "theme" is a pretty bizarre misspelling.  no obvious
source for the Y in the context.

but look at the keyboard, and note where Y comes with respect to T and
H.  it's probably a slip of the fingers.

as an eggcorn, it makes no sense at all.

arnold

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