Aureoles/areolae eggcorn?

[Wilson Gray]

Unless it's just sheer stupidity.

-Wilson

On 8/22/06, neil <neil at typog.co.uk> wrote:
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> Eggcorn?
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> 'Chantal touched both of her purple nipples with her fingers and made
> circles there. Her aureoles bumped out and her nipples became erect.'
> --George Pelecanos, 'The Night Gardener', Orion, London, 2006, 211
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> -- Neil Crawford
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