eggcorn? Baskinet

[Arnold Zwicky]

on bassinets, Victor asks:
>
> Is portability a factor? Or /was/ it ever a factor? I came across
> several pictures of industrial size bassinets, including one that
> converts into a bookcase or a play-table with chair and other that
> look
> like cribs (or, rather, a large oval basket hanging inside a crib-like
> structure). But these seem to be stretching the traditional sense.

the traditional bassinet is portable, but you can now find objects
labeled as bassinets, though described as being movable but not
portable.  certainly an extension.
>
> As does this http://bit.ly/9PqyHp

ummm.  a pet bed labeled as a bassinet.  another extension, one that i
don't see the point of, though it might appeal to people who think of
their pets as their babies.

arnold

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