intravenious(ly)

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've heard this several times on news shows over the years.  It's as though the speakers have been influenced by "mischevious(ly)," which, in my experience, is the statistical norm for Americans.

  JL

"Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
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another morphological reanalysis, heard this morning in a KQED local
news report by Judy Campbell. ca, 1,300 raw google webhits for
"intraveniously", 750 for "intravenious". e.g.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is good. So is shooting cocaine and heroin
together intraveniously.
www.dumpalink.com/post/1134642842/Funny_Bud_Light_Commercial

He was an intravenious drug user and a homosexual. He was a great
guy, and I will never forget him.
www.outreach-solutions.com/ daryl/wwwboard/messages/71.html

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