eggcorn? Baskinet

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:26 PM -0500 3/9/10, Herb Stahlke wrote:
>Bathinet sounds like another candidate for eggcornacy.
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>Herb

Why?  It was the standard term I recall too, and I always assumed it
was an intentional blend (or, if it folds up, portmanteau) of
"bassinet" + "bath".  "baskinet" is kind of nice--combining not just
"basket" and "bassinet", but the 31 flavors babies come in.

LH

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>On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  Darla, aren't you from East Texas, too? I'm from Marshall and I've
>>  been familiar with "baskinet" as an implement for carrying a baby in
>>  since the birth of my first first cousin in 1944. We also had a
>>  "bathinet" for bathing her in. When I was in the Army in the early
>>  '60's, my immediate superior and his wife had a baskinet for their
>>  baby. It caused quite a stir among the indigenous personnel, otherwise
>>  known as "Germans."
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>>  -Wilson
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>>  On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Darla Wells <lethe9 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>  My pregnant daughter keeps saying she's getting a "baskinet" for
>>>the baby. I
>>>  found 599 g-hits.
>>>  Darla
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