Eggcorn? Weary/Wary

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Sun Jun 14 17:49:41 UTC 2009


At 6/14/2009 12:48 PM, Kari Castor wrote:

>My husband consistently confuses weary and wary,

Yes, but can it count as an eggcorn if he only confuses them when
he's tired or scared?

>and I have a friend who has
>also been known to do so.

Joel

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