eggcorn - or just a misspelling?

Alice Faber faber at HASKINS.YALE.EDU
Fri Mar 10 20:18:34 UTC 2006


Bethany K. Dumas wrote:
>> _____ is diabetic and prown to forget to take her meds.
>

Well, if an eggcorn involves some kind of reanalysis, it would be hard
to analyze this "error" as an eggcorn; what's it a blend of? So, I vote
for misspelling.

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