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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Under Weigh for Under Way:
http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=5588
I see conflicting discussion on the interwebs about if this is a real eggcorn or not. Would love to hear your thoughts.
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We’ve had a number of discussions on weigh/way confusions. See
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/478/weigh/
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?id=3616
and the Language Log eggcorn article by Zwicky at
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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