Eggcorn?

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Feb 13, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>> From Slash Dot:
>
> "It's time for Apple and Microsoft to _berry_ the hatchet ..."

couple dozen google webhits, some about berry-flavored soaps and
juice drinks, some others also obviously plays on words, but a couple
that might be genuine.  they might well be just misspellings, of
course; "bury" is a common word, and the meaning of the idiom isn't
hard to calcuate, so "bury" scarcely cries out for a replacement by
something more meaningful.  attempts here to make "berry" somehow
relevant to the idiom have not been promising.

here are the possibles.  all except the first are from writers who
look like somewhat iffy spellers.

Why can't John Madejski berry the hatchet and bring him back. His
presence will bring back those disillusioned supporters and reduce
the monthly financial ...
www.royals.org/matdoc/220100.html

... SENT TO INSPIRE MR ALLIANCE BEST PENNED SONG ITS OK. GOD BLESS
YOU BOTH YOUR FAMILY YOUR UNION AND BEENIE MAN BERRY THE HATCHET YOU
DONT NEED THAT ...
www.yardflex.com/archives/000666.html

WE ARE NOT GETTING NO WHERE, LETS CALL A THRUSH BERRY THE HATCHET, WE
BOTH LIKE THE SAME SPORT SO LETS TRY TO GET ALONG, BUT ITS UP TO YOU ...
forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=275710&page=2
["thrush" for "truce" is a new one to me.  no other relevant google
webhits for "call a thrush".]

I say berry the hatchet, the rappers can argue that the government
shouldn't be in peoples marriages and homosexuals can argue that the
government shouldn't ...
stupidllama.net/blog/

arnold

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