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Chris -- 2018-04-11
A beloved eggcorn within our family, created by an earlier acquaintance, mutating, of course, ‘a blessing in disguise’. The invocation of the heavens gives it the quirk of unintended insight that yields a true eggcorn, in my view at least … that note of serendipity.
Last edited by antinomy (2015-12-30 08:59:48)
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This beaut was discussed at great length, here. Though I didn’t wade through all of it, the gist of at least some of that discussion was that, in order to be a good eggcorn, a blessing in the skies requires a special understanding of the potential mysterious, benevolent role of the heavens, or even of chance, I guess, that is hidden in seeming misfortune. Is that the quirk you see in it, antimony?
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Not to be sanctinomious, Tocayo, but … (Or was that more serendipity? Sb < lawlessness?)
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In a way this kind of error (assuming it wasn’t purposeful) illustrates beautifully how Aunty Lehmanns (eggcorn < proper name) mirror the quandary Lehmanns (proper name < acorn) reduce us to; if changing to a proper name counts for eggcornhood, any semantic shift giving that result “worksâ€. If the acorn is a proper name, we know that proper names often arise from meaningful structures (Smith = metalworker, Parker = “keeper of the parkâ€, etc.) but are willing to accept almost any such meaning as good enough. Why shouldn’t a person be named for a chemical element rather than for a politico-moral attitude?
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Anyhow, if you enjoy the serendipitous, there is likely at least a strain of antinomy (which within measure is a valuable and enjoyable quality) in your character. Welcome to the club, Anti!
Last edited by DavidTuggy (2015-12-30 11:39:16)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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I was initially nom plussed by your post, Tocayo, until it all fell into place. A good laugh! In this case, if I reach back all the way to this morning, I think I initially read antinomy and got to musing about antimony and whether it had any alchemical significance and … the birth of a WTF typo. Serendipity with the support of the sanctinomious Sant Canut.
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