Endangered specie (coinages)

[Garson O'Toole]

W Brewer wrote
> (Which reminds me of a Facebook bon voyage to the Enterprise crew, with the
> common folk etymology of aweigh: Anchors away! [which I used to think meant
> drop anchor] ) Random associations. Help.

The Eggcorn Database has this interesting transformation listed:

weigh >> way
Chiefly in:   way anchor , anchors away , way in (on)
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/58/way/

It was analyzed/reported by list member Arnold Zwicky in 2004:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001390.html

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