Fwd: interesting metaphor

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:46 PM -0500 12/9/08, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>Did anyone notice the non-environmentally PC stance taken by
>Permalink at the very end of Arnold's message?  Is this an eggcorn,
>"petal" for "pedal"?  Can't think of what the alternative might be.
>
>Joel

Maybe a spinoff from a well-attested eggcorn, "to soft-petal",
"soft-petalling", etc.

LH

>
>At 12/9/2008 11:57 AM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>>>Your
>>>chocolate foot is your favorite foot, the one you always keep
>>>forward when standing on the petals.
>>>Posted 9 Feb 05 | Permalink
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