XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, alt.usage.english   
   From: no@no.com   
      
   On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:57:17 +0200, Isabelle Cecchini wrote:   
      
   > Steve Hayes a ?crit :   
   >> 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.   
      
      
   And, were any hares listening?   
      
      
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