Probably not the first example of this one, but...

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Mar 14, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
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> http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/81/per-say/

note: from 2005.

you know, people spend serious time assembling resources like this.  if people *on this list* aren't going to take advantage of the resources -- or contribute to them -- there really isn't much impetus for the rest of us to bother with the project.

arnold

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