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#1 2010-10-28 11:45:07

eggcornz
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Registered: 2010-10-28
Posts: 1

perk -> pork

He hits me in the arm and signals to the gigantic plastic bag in the back seat.
“They gave me a pork.”
“What?”
“Buy one get one free,” he smiles.
“What does that have to do with pork?”
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.”
“Pork — it means something extra, like the fat of the pig.”
“You mean perk.”
“Yes. Pork.”
“Perk.”
“Same thing.”
“No — these are two very different and distinct words. You want to say perk.”
“Pork. Like the extra fat. Everyone likes a pork in life.”
I give up. “Okay, pork.”

Source: http://bygonebureau.com/2010/10/15/root-words/

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#2 2010-10-30 00:51:43

kem
Eggcornista
From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2872

Re: perk -> pork

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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#3 2010-10-31 10:03:51

jorkel
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Registered: 2006-08-08
Posts: 1456

Re: perk -> pork

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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