Eggcorn?

[Wilson Gray]

I checked the acorn data base and didn't see it, looking under "in,"
"a," and "beyance."

On 6/1/07, Chris F Waigl <chris at lascribe.net> wrote:
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> Dennis Preston wrote:
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> > Clearly a mistake AND a typo; no evidence of this
> > whatsoever in Beyoncé's speech.
> I thought it was a joke. Though your reply couln't have been.
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> Chris Waigl
> well yes, about three GHits for "in a beyance" that look genuine. had to
> happen.
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