Eggcorn?

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 2/12/06, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From the local broadssheet:
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> "But, for him, it was merely a _weigh station_ on the road to real success."

Already in the database, under:

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/478/weigh/

My comment in the entry:

"The eggcorn _weigh station_ is particularly compelling, since it
conjures up the preexisting sense of the term as a roadside stop where
trucks or other vehicles are checked for weight."


--Ben Zimmer

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