eggcorn? Baskinet

[Herb Stahlke]

Bathinet sounds like another candidate for eggcornacy.

Herb

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Darla, aren't you from East Texas, too? I'm from Marshall and I've
> been familiar with "baskinet" as an implement for carrying a baby in
> since the birth of my first first cousin in 1944. We also had a
> "bathinet" for bathing her in. When I was in the Army in the early
> '60's, my immediate superior and his wife had a baskinet for their
> baby. It caused quite a stir among the indigenous personnel, otherwise
> known as "Germans."
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> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Darla Wells <lethe9 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My pregnant daughter keeps saying she's getting a "baskinet" for the baby. I
>> found 599 g-hits.
>> Darla
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