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Eggcorns

Posted by Trolling at 12:05 PM

I'm sure that ever since I last posted about it, everyone has been rabidly reading the prolific language log. Linguists! Such entertainers!

Be that a dismay, I enjoy its eggcorn coverage (lots more).
(Compare folk etymology, malapropism, and mondegreen.)

I was reminded of Ladle Red Rotten Hut (translation) and other explorations of the Anguish Languish.
Poisoned gulls, beware! Madness may ensue. You may find yourself humming "Harm, hormone derange".
And my apologies to any "farmers" who may have trouble getting this.

 

1 Comment:

  1. tracy said...
    July 8, 2004 at 1:45 PM  
    We were playing at dinner, eating edamame, at a game that this post reminded me of. It was something like this:
    vigo: edamame (pronounced ada mom ay) edamame edamame.
    erike: a what? a demomay? Is this the demamay?
    vigo: edamame.
    erik: oh! ate a momay! Did you eat a momay? I ate a momay.
    tracy: whose mommy did you eat?
    ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

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