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Chris -- 2018-04-11
AIR GUITAR WUNDERKING!!!!! Almost famous Dan Crane. The next IT boy!
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He also needs the directing talent of that action wunderking James Cameron, with whom he did his best work.
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Bet Jazz Calls Him The Latest Cuban Wunderking, Aruan Ortiz, Exalts In The American Jazz Scene.
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Gloria Cain, wife of Republican presidential wunderking and embattled candidate Herman Cain, claims charges of sexual harassment against her husband left her wondering JUST who Cain’s accusers are talking about.
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Opportunities for me
Is a red carpet to hell
But I’m a Roma wunderking
I’m gonna break the…
Break the spell
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I think this is, in most cases, more than just a misspelling, partly because it’s way more common than other misspellings that have the wrong final letter in “wunderkind”, such as “wonderkinf”. Also, there’s a plausible eggcornish meaning interpretation, and the sound is probably similar enough to be in eggcorn territory, though I suspect this one is mostly more of an eyecorn than an earcorn.
Last edited by Dixon Wragg (2014-03-30 02:21:49)
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Some kind of wonderful.
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Speaking of which, you have to wonder whether wunderkind is a potential hidden eggcorn. Support for that possibility might be provided by translations to wonder kind instead of wonder kid.
Late last year, we were approached by Perri Tutelman, a wonder-kind high school student.
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Quite a few “wunderkins” on the web. I’m not sure what the image is, but they’re definitely not talking about any of my relatives.
Thread on wristwatches: “That said, no matter how good your work product is…even if a wunderkin ...you’ll NEVER meet a client of the Firm or go to court on their behalf if your appearance/image is off, but if truly a wunderkin might be lucky and get relegated to the backroom-â€
Fan fiction forum: “You’re a wunderkin, Molly Raeslyâ€
Writing blog: “Okay, I’m officially blogging—new concept for me, sharing conversations with the wunderkin of writing.â€
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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There seem to be two different origins for -kins. One is as a diminutive. The other is as a relative of kind and ultimately of genus. Wunderkins that are not misspellings by a dropped letter are more likely to be the first case and therefore a better eggcorn. A full eggcorn and not an eggkin.
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