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   Isabelle Cecchini to All   
   Re: Use of "hair-brained" by C.S. Lewis   
   11 Aug 07 11:57:17   
   
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   From: isabelle.cecchini@wanadoo.fr.invalid   
      
   Steve Hayes a écrit :   
   > In the Puffin edition of "Prince Caspian" C.S. Lewis at one point uses the   
   > term "hair-brained".   
   >   
   > I always understood that the correct term was "hare-brained", and would have   
   > thought that a professor of English literature would know the difference.   
   >   
   > Is this found in all editions, ot was it just a misprint?   
      
   I can look in my edition, if you wish, but it might be useful if yoyu   
   gave us at least a rough idea of the whereabouts of that wonderful   
   eggcorn: like, in what chapter.   
      
      
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