[Ads-l] YouTubery: "I guess you never heard of a _wheelbarrel_."

[Laurence Horn]

> On Apr 19, 2019, at 4:15 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> I guess that I'm not the only person to have interpreted "wheelbarrow" as
> "wheelbarrel." But I didn't continue to think that after I learned to read.
> 
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> -Wilson

As I’ve mentioned on the list, my wife (from Connecticut) regularly refers to ours as a “wheelbarrel”, although she has learned to read and does so quite often.  The web indicates she’s not alone.

LH
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