"up and arms"

[Laurence Horn]

On Mar 28, 2012, at 1:53 AM, Ben Zimmer wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>> 
>> I checked the eggcorn database just to make sure.
> 
> But see similar in/and confusions here:
> 
> http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/category/english/and-%C2%AB%C2%BB-inen/
> 
--and for some discussion on how this confusion relates to the reanalysis of "spitten image" > spit 'n' image, spittin' image, see my "Spitten image: Etymythology and fluid dynamics", _American Speech_ 79: 33-58.

LH

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