Eggcorn?

[Wilson Gray]

Point taken.

-Wilson

On 3/2/06, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu> wrote:
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> On Mar 2, 2006, at 12:47 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> >> From ZDNet:
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> > "Any other point is totally _mute_."
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> a *very* early entry in the eggcorn database:
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>    http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/41/mute/
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> arnold, encouraging people to check the database before posting
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