Shakespeare's Hamlet said he was " to the manner born, " but the eggcorn " to the manor born " has wide currency, and no wonder : It's almost right ( though it was a castle, not a mere manor ), and nowadays, when real estate is more on our minds than manners, the wrong version is handier.
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On her first visit to Iceland a pony was the sole companion of her wanderings; and we know not which to admire most her rapid assimilation of University affairs, when called to serve on the Statutory Commission, or her intrepidity in driving a motor, as to the manner born, through Bridge and Sidney Streets, as a novice with but four or five lessons behind her . " "'
