More semantic drift

Fri Sep 22 17:25:54 UTC 2006

On Sep 22, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> My experience too, probably from t1977 when I first taught _Oedipus
> Rex_.
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> Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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> In our students' writing, "playwright" usually goes in the other
> direction; an author is a "playwrite" (like "barkeep" or
> "chimneysweep").

yes, and that one's in the ecdb:

   http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/146/playwrite/

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