Eggcorn?
Margaret Lee
mlee303 at YAHOO.COM
Tue Mar 10 08:47:12 UTC 2009
At a recent Phish concert here in Hampton, a Phish fan "Phish head") (female) was quoted in the local newspaper as saying, "It's comforting to know that I'm not the only one that wears mixmatch clothing and is into other things besides cell phones and bling-bling." Is this use of "mixmatch" for "mismatch" an eggcorn? I don't know if this was her pronunciation or the reporter's spelling of the word.
--Margaret Lee
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