Sanford eggcorn: "world wind (tour)"

[Benjamin Zimmer]

_The State_ has published leaked emails between Gov. Mark Sanford and
"Maria," and amidst all the salaciousness is this fine eggcorn:

http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story/839350.html
"Back to Columbia for Tuesday and then on Wednesday, as I think I had
told you, taking the family to China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Thailand
and then back through Hong Kong on world wind tour."

"World wind" for "whirwind" is not yet in the ECDB, but it's been
noted at least twice by commenters:

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/browse-eggcorns/#comment-1020
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1927


--Ben Zimmer

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