Weight, Weight, Don't Tell Me

[Doug Harris]

"Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" is the name of an NPR quiz show.
dh
> From the National Weather (Whether?) Service this morning:
>
> " A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS EXPECTED WITH ACCUMULATIONS
> UP TO 1
> INCH.MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET & SNOW. THE ICE WILL LIKELY CAUSE
> TREES &
> POWERLINES TO SUCCUMB TO THE WAIT OF THE ICE WITH POWER OUTAGES
> EXPECTED. "
>
> ALMOST an eggcorn. More an egg splatter.

looks like an ordinary misspelling to me.  though WAIT for "weight"
isn't on standard lists of common misspellings, i don't see the
semantics of "wait" in the quote above.

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