Eggcorn

[Wilson Gray]

"Congenital defect," not "congenital deficit." Anosmia is an incurable
physical defect that you can be born with, if you're lucky, or one
that you can develope later in life, as I have, if you're unlucky, as
I am. As you imply, there's nothing inherently eggcornish about
"congenital deficit," if "congenital deficit" is what's relevant.

-Wilson Gray

On 7/19/05, Chris F Waigl <cwaigl at free.fr> wrote:
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> Wilson Gray wrote:
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> >>From a site on anosmia:
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> >"I have a congenital deficit."
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> I may be a bit dense from overdosing on eggcorns, but what is this supposed to
> be an eggcorn for?
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> Chris Waigl
> or maybe I'm stuck in French right now. Nothing wrong with "déficit congénital"
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-Wilson Gray