Sanford eggcorn: "world wind (tour)"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/25/2009 10:17 AM, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>...
> > >"World wind" for "whirlwind" 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
> >
> > I gather an eggcorn does not require a similarly-sounding expression
> > with a real, or perhaps ideally a similar, meaning -- but here there
> > is "world wide".  Or is that so obvious is doesn't need
> > mentioning?  (I don't think it has been.)
>
>I suppose you could think of "world wind" as a blend of "world wide"
>and "whirlwind." Or, since it modifies "tour," there could be
>influence from "world tour" (to describe concert tours and the like).

Are eggcorns and blends mutually exclusive?

Joel

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