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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I don’t know if this counts as an eggcorn, but I thought I’d suggest it! I found this on cesspoo.com, which is a little confession site:
“I hate this woman I work with, I go to work everyday having to work in close corders with her and I want to start whaling on her b.c she cheats on her husband and doesn’t do any work,seriously.â€
This can be found at http://cesspoo.com/post/26734063
The only thing about this potential eggcorn that makes me doubt it is that I’m pretty sure “corders” is not a word at all and I’m not really sure where this person got “corders” from – I think if it were “in close corridors,” that would be a much “better” eggcorn or at least make much more sense, but in that case this wouldn’t count as a submission anyway. Any thoughts?
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That’s a nice little puzzle for us to analyze.
I think we first need to determine what expression serves as the prototype. “In close quarters” is a rather in-the-language expression, so I think that’s our frame of reference.
Next, we need to figure out what was meant by “corders.” I’m thinking this person isn’t so familiar with the enunciation of “corridors.” This person probably also intended it in a general sense; Since corridors are a common space at work—an inescapable space that everyone uses—the usage “in close corridors” would just accentuate the inescapable aspect of it. And that would be an eggcorn.
But, if “corders” is just a mispronunciation of “quarters” then all bets are off.
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or a misspelling?
“Its a maze i made for close corders (i thinks thats how u spell it)”
http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/46583
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You have found a real eggcorn. Google “in close corridors.” A couple of dozen ghits. Some samples:
Discussion group on a game:” Now, I don’t know about you, but don’t you find pulse grenades just a tad annoying in close corridors?”(http://www.planetavp.com/mods/modotw/consmod/)
Student comment on a class: “Its been a great group to work with – everyone gives 100 percent. And despite the hours and hours of work in close corridors we all still like each other….” (http://www.canisius.edu/netgazette/11.14.01/)
Op-ed piece on cruise ships: “Cruises ships often require residing in close corridors for an extend period of time. ” (http://travel.ecynosure.com/cruise-ship … p-options/)
A guide to finding hotel rooms: “Where you can watch a rented movie or have a family game night without feeling cramped in close corridors.” (http://www.dailyfamilylinks.com/article.cfm/id/49570)
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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So I have indirectly found one then? Splendid!
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Nicely done kem. Sometimes it sits right under our noses and we don’t see it until we change our mindset and Google the right variant!
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jorkel wrote:
But, if “corders” is just a mispronunciation of “quarters” then all bets are off.
In my misspent youth in the video game arcades of North Dakota c. 1980, I recall an accent division between teens who pronounced “quarters” (in the sense of 25 cent coins) with a labiovelar (as in “quart”) versus those who pronounced the word with a simple velar stop (as in “court”). As a labiovelar-pronouncer, I recall looking down on those boorish velar-pronouncers (though I didn’t know the technical terms at that time).
Assuming that people pronounce “quarter” alike regardless of sense, “corder” may indeed be a misspelling, at least in some cases.
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