eggcorn? Baskinet

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:59 AM -0800 3/10/10, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>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.
>
Especially appropriate for one's pet bass, who however would probably
need a bathinet.

LH

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