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#1 2007-03-07 13:44:24

dirthawker
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Registered: 2007-03-07
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wala for voila

I’ve seen this a couple times in recent web browsing. I just found the eggcorn database so I cannot cite sites, I’m afraid. It must come from people hearing the word spoken (light on the v sound, could easily be mistaken for a w).

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#2 2007-03-07 22:56:42

patschwieterman
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Re: wala for voila

Welcome, dirthawker. This one has been suggested three or four times over the last two years. I think this is the earliest instance:

# 8 Commentary by Sharon , 2005/03/12 at 4:56 am
There are eggcorns I never would’ve come across if not for the wonder of email lists. I am constantly amazed and amused by folks who are typing in “Walla!” for Voila!
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/browse-egg … nt-page-1/

Personally, I think it’s just a phonetic spelling rather than an eggcorn. There is a word “wallah” in English, but it’s hard to see that people who use “walla(h)” in place of “voila” are thinking of the usual meaning of “wallah.”

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