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Chris -- 2018-04-11
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Is this a true eggcorn?
The Cree word WUCHAK, apparently misheard, became the English “woodchuck.”
Something similar happened between Australian aborigines and the English and became “kangaroo,” but without the sweet compound sound eggcorning a (potentially) real English word. This happy coincidence of course led to the famous rhyme:
How much wood
Could a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck
Could chuck
Wood?
AND . . . since the woodchuck is actually an alternate name for the GROUNDHOG (a pure compound it seems), perhaps the rhyme should be changed to:
How much ground
Could a groundhog hog
If a groundhog
Could hog
Ground?
So what happens if a woodchuck sees his shadow on Woodchuck Day?
This is my first post, so please forgive the pleonastic paronomasia.
Jay Malarcher
Division of Theatre and Dance
West Virginia University
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