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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Kempt comes from combed, whereas kept’s etymology is different, coming from keep.
There are quite a few ghits for unkept in phrases such as “unkept hair.”
People are likely thinking of things such as “well kept,” and upkeep, etc. when making this substitution.
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HI Craig,
I think it’s a good eggcorn, but Jorkel beat you to it: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?id=1260
Ken also submitted it last Nov.
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gah. I tried to search using google to see if it was up already. Didn’t work. :(
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