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Chris -- 2018-04-11
He hits me in the arm and signals to the gigantic plastic bag in the back seat.
“They gave me a pork.â€
“What?â€
“Buy one get one free,†he smiles.
“What does that have to do with pork?â€
He hits me again. “You don’t know? Haha,†he says, his wide denture-less smile showing off the gaps in his mouth.
I resign. “Please tell me.â€
“Pork — it means something extra, like the fat of the pig.â€
“You mean perk.â€
“Yes. Pork.â€
“Perk.â€
“Same thing.â€
“No — these are two very different and distinct words. You want to say perk.â€
“Pork. Like the extra fat. Everyone likes a pork in life.â€
I give up. “Okay, pork.â€
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Hi, eggcornz. Welcome to the forum.
We don’t usually regard a fictional context, even if the slip mentioned in it sounds plausible, as proof of an eggcorn. Eggcorns are settled speech habits for at lest one person or (better) for a community of speakers. Can you find any examples on the web that appear to be non-puns?
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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It is curious, though… getting perks in the form of pork. It makes me wonder about the origin of the usage of pork in politics, etc. Maybe, maybe not.
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