A Unique Eggcorn?

[Herb Stahlke]

Looks like it involves Southern lax front vowel merger?

Herb

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu> wrote:
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>> From: Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu>
>> Date: April 7, 2009 8:13:11 AM PDT
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>> On Apr 6, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Doug Harris wrote:
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>>> I don't see this in the eggcorn database, and it gets no google hits:
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>>> I like to have about 10-15 _car links_ between us and the cars in
>>> front of us.
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>>> From a blog post on xanga.com
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>> airforcevirgin.xanga.com/698064721/backseat-drivers-anonymous/?ref=tb
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>> i get a fair number of hits for {"car links behind"}, e.g.:
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>> If they can't see your license plate from 3 and 1/2 car links
>> behind, they should get glasses.
>> www.topix.com/forum/city/pocahontas-ar/TAOFBONH48ITJLON9
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>> I was on the interstate 6 car links behind the accident.
>> www.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/
>> birmingham_police_officer_hit_by_ drunk_driver/63811/
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>> and some for {"car links ahead"}, e.g.:
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>> At 160 i was about 1 1/2 car links ahead of the Supra.
>> www.dtmpower.net/forum/off-topic/3327-camaro-ss-vs-toyota-supra-vs-porche-911-turbo.html
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>> His car pulls so hard its amazing by 3rd he was at least 2 car links
>> ahead but to our dismay the light caught us agian.
>> www.mx6.com/forums/racing-forum/72347-mx6-vs-300z-vs-police-one-long-knight.html
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>> to be added to the ecdb.
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>> arnold
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