tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post1616907750693305759..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: How's your viscus feeling today?Mr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-44851697919098745192011-11-04T06:34:26.405-05:002011-11-04T06:34:26.405-05:00But of course "gutteral noises" is just ...But of course "gutteral noises" is just a (very common) spelling mistake, not a blend error or malapropism like Monica's example.Harry Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01675794936870568336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-18903419534436009012011-11-01T09:29:51.866-05:002011-11-01T09:29:51.866-05:00I've seen this error--yes, seen in print--freq...I've seen this error--yes, seen in print--frequently enough that a couple of years ago I considered writing about it myself. Here's an example from a New York Times Sunday Magazine story about Kabbalah; three and a half years later, it still hasn't been corrected:<br /><br />"The proceedings grew weirder as they went along, with a lot of football-huddle sort of male bonding interspersed with hora dances, gutteral noises and a talk by one of the <i>chevra</i> that ramblingly connected the weekly Torah portion with some aspect of goodness or spirituality."<br /><br />Link: http://nyti.ms/sbBL6iFritinancyhttp://nancyfriedman.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com