Maybe they drank too much beer...

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 6/30/06, David Bowie <db.list at pmpkn.net> wrote:
>
> Couldn't resist this one, 'cause you'd think Anheuser-Busch could afford
> proofreaders.
>
> If you go to
> http://commerce.4adventure.com/store/dept_reservations.asp?dept_id=203&cat=RC_T
> to see SeaWorld Orlando's backstage tours, and click on the link for the
> dolphin nursery tour, you get a pop-up window where the third paragraph
> starts (emphasis added):
>
>      Tour components are subject to change and availability based
>      on a number of factors including imminent births, veterinary
>      care and *inclimate* weather.
>
> Makes sense to me, actually...

One of the very early entries in the eggcorn files...

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000998.html
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/36/inclimate/


--Ben Zimmer

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