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Chris -- 2025-05-10
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Good one, Reyglur, although the pronunciations of the two words may not be close enough to give it uncontested eggcorn status, depending on who you ask.
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This pair seems to have too much sound distance to be a full acorn/eggcorn.
Sound distance. Reminds me of joke that came up in Richard Wiseman’s LaughLab research.
A patient says, ‘’Doctor, last night I made a Freudian slip, I was having dinner with my mother-in-law
and wanted to say: ‘Could you please pass the butter? But instead I said: ‘You silly cow, you have completely ruined my life.’‘’
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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