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Chris -- 2018-04-11
From a recent statement by Bishop Desmond Tutu, quoted in the online BBC News:
“We seem to be engaging in this kind of, almost, past-time…”This one has apparently been mentioned before here, but I don’t think it’s really an eggcorn, because “pastime” and “past” are etymologically related. At the same time, I don’t think it’s just a spelling error either. Is there a name for this kind of beast?
Dixon
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