bridle/bridal

[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/28/2009 12:49 PM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>Ann Burlingham wrote me yesterday with a sighting of "bridle wreath"
>referring to spirea, and then a fair number of googled-up examples.

Not spirea, but "bridle wreaths" are what they put on horses who win
the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness. :-)

Joel


>"bridle shower" and "bridle party" have been mentioned in the Eggcorn
>Forum.
>
>in the other direction, there are hits for "bridal path" in a horse
>context (there are also plays on words for this expression in a
>wedding context).  and in the Eggcorn Forum, the wonderful "unbridaled
>passion".
>
>just a spelling confusion, of course -- but tempting enough that since
>i started googling up examples i've had to think carefully about which
>spelling i want.
>
>arnold
>
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