For years (all my early youth, actually), I wrote spacegoat instead of scapegoat. I also used it in conversation. I often wonder why nobody broke into a giggle when I said that.
Then one day, I “saw” the proper spelling (I had seen it before without “seeing” it, if it makes any sense) and I wanted to die of shame. But now, that many years have passed, I find my early substitution to be oddly amusing.
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