Eggcorn? "warn" > "worn"

[David Bowie]

From:    Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>

> I think I've mentioned here a while back that
> John Lawler informed me 40 years ago that in Utah
> one lays a fort in the fart.  I found it hard to
> believe, but evidently it's true for at least
> some Utahns.

Most of what i've looked at (my own work and others', published and
unpublished) on the Utahn card-cord merger that relies on acoustic
analysis finds that it's a variable merger of {cord} into {card}, not a
reversal.

Complicating this is that the {cored} class seems to not participate in
the merger. Looking more intensely into that is next on my agenda,
starting this summer.

--
David Bowie                               University of Central Florida
     Jeanne's Two Laws of Chocolate: If there is no chocolate in the
     house, there is too little; some must be purchased. If there is
     chocolate in the house, there is too much; it must be consumed.

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