Confrontable

Stephen Goranson goranson at DUKE.EDU
Fri Dec 1 13:09:18 UTC 2006


A subscriber mentions "comfrontable", which Google reports having found
5980 hits for as an obvious variation on "comfortable". Can anyone suggest
how this curious transition might have come about?


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Michael Quinion

Some apparently associate confrontable with approachable and presentable, which
perhaps played some part.

Stephen Goranson

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