feeble position

[Joel S. Berson]

>Two notes in reply:
>
>1/ I'm not sure what an "accepted eggcorn" is. When I enter a form --
>and there are many dozens, even hundreds, backlogged -- my main
>criteria are that it makes sense as an eggcorn, that it has been noted
>in a place I may have a hard time to find again (and not noted in any
>of the places I control), and anything else that may lend it extra
>interest, such as additional notes, links with existing eggcorns or
>eggcorn articles etc.

That's what I meant by "accepted".


>2/ I had to look up the "foreboding descent" bit, as I certainly
>didn't pooh-pooh anything.

Nor did I say you did.

Joel

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