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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I am one of the many, I’m sure, New York Times converts. I first searched for what I remember as the first eggcorn (although I didn’t know to identify it as such at the time), which was from “The World According to Garp”. One of the children in the book misunderstands the undertow at the beach as the ‘undertoad’ that might pull him under if he ventures out too far. I actually received a joke today that is not worth repeating except for the punchline, which centered around the ‘hind lick manuever’. You can probably piece together the rest…so are these two worthy examples?
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