eggcorn

[Wilson Gray]

Okay. How about this one, from the "Selling It" page of _Consumer Reports_:

"'04 Chevy Impala, one owner, 30k mi, ... emasculate  $11,900"

-Wilson

On 3/8/06, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> >from a post to another list:
> >"And the Bible is one of the most violent books on record, with rapes,
> >murders and massacres to book, and I haven't seen a movement to ban it
> >because of that content."
> >  I suppose this could be a confusion between "brought to book" and "to boot."
> >AM
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> Or a typo, influenced by the just-mentioned "books".
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