Another think, again

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On May 22, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Alison Murie wrote:

>>
> The substitution of "hone" for "home" reminds me of another which we
> may
> have discussed here:  "pawn" (off)   in place of "palm."  I think of
> these
> as coming in at about the same time, but that may be simply because  I
> became aware of them through my children(all born in the '50s)'s
> speech.

in the ecdb as "nearly mainstream" (with reference to an earlier ADS-L
discussion):

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/931/pawn/

arnold

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