Discussions about eggcorns and related topics
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Chris -- 2011-03-08
Cleaning up my inbox today. Some thoughts to ponder:
(1) Arnold Zwicky found a cartoon about one of our database eggcorns.
(2) Mark Liberman reports an outstanding eggcorn. See his entry on “professioncy” (for proficiency) at Language Log.
Last edited by kem (2011-12-15 16:51:08)
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Yeah, kem, I used to have a girlfriend who said “doggy-dog world”. She was the same one who said “sort of speak” instead of “so to speak”.
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