Eggcorn?

[Chris Waigl]

Wilson Gray wrote:

> "Apple coughs to iPod Nano screen flaws"
>
> Headline at
>
> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/28/ipod_nano_apple_admits/>
>
> The URL itself - "apple_admits" - makes it clear that what is meant is
> "cops to."

The Register is always a fertile breeding ground for strange things. In
a different headline (article by a different writer, but maybe the same
headline writer):

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Skype coughs to phone number cock-up
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/20/skype_snafu/
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I'm still trying to find ways to google this one. Too many people cough
to dislodge stuff in their throats etc.

Chris Waigl

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