Eggcorn?

Doug Harris cats22 at FRONTIERNET.NET
Fri Jun 6 13:45:12 UTC 2008


A subject line from a just-received e-mail:

EMPTY Ink Cartridges Needed (All kinds excepted)


MAYBE simply a spelling error. But the meaning
certainly is, um, inked out. And reversed.
dh

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