eggcorn: saddled -> straddled

[Ben Zimmer]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/gingrich-campaign-traveling-press-own-damn-ride-014411649.html
"The reporters on the bus, now straddled with an unexpected new cost, fumed."

Turns out this is a very common eggcorn -- I found recent examples
from such sources as Dow Jones, Reuters, the Financial Times, and the
New York Post. Into the database it goes:

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/1114/straddle/

--bgz

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http://benzimmer.com/

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