Eggcorn?

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Thu May 12 18:33:10 UTC 2005


On May 12, 2005, at 10:50 AM, i wrote, about SPREAD + "wildflower(s)":

> ...Carl Hart entered a comment in the eggcorn database on 3/1/05 with
> this one.  i guess it's time to elevate it to an actual entry.

now done.

there's a brief entry on "spitting image", which the contributor
("xerby") took to be a reworking of "spit and image".  at the very
least, this needs a comment with a reference to larry horn's paper
and its contents.  ben?

arnold



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