nom. for acc. (again)

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Aug 27, 2007, at 7:43 PM, Larry Horn wrote:.

> ... Woe indeed, if not whoa.  (And yes, there are 28,600 hits for
> "Whoa
> is me", with at least one citing it as an eggcorn.)

an early entry in the ecdb:

   http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/40/whoa/

(and check out "woeth me": http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/504/
woeth/ )

arnold

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