For the eggcorn file: "halo ground"

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sun Aug 29 18:23:06 UTC 2010


At 10:13 AM -0700 8/29/10, geoffrey nunberg wrote:
>"This is coming from the belief that needs of the many out way the
>needs of the few, the many believe Ground Zero is halo ground that
>should not be disrespected by the few who would force their
>immigrant culture and religious beliefs are the many."
>...
>
Not to mention "out way", although it's not obvious that that one is
an actual eggcorn.

LH

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