From a post to Macworld

[W Brewer]

 Wilson Gray : <<<_feat_ for _feet_>>>
WB: My pettiest peeve is reading preterite *LEAD* (meaning 'led').  {READ :
READ (not *RED)}  ==>  {LEAD : LED}  >  {LEAD : *LEAD*}. Simple
proportional analogy reinforced by phonetic association with LEAD [ lEd ]
(metal). Multiple causation, as Prof Malkiel would have said.

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