eggcorn

[Wilson Gray]

Hm. So, the popular pronunciation is starting to appear in print! ;-)

-Wilson

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Victor<aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Seems to be fairly common--30G+ raw ghits and at least the first 200 are
> clearly legitimate. I could not find it in ED.
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> http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lakers-magic15-2009jun15,0,3950569.story
> Â >>When the Magic called a timeout, Bryant balled up his fist after he
> had scored. He bent over and _clinched his teeth_ before taking a seat
> on the bench
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