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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Hello,
I’ve been browsing the eggcorn database and enjoying it for months. Today when I came across a post in a radio forum with the mixup below, I wondered if this qualifies as an eggcorn. It certainly is /t/-flapping.
http://www.radioreference.com/forums/sh … post828155
“Is it me or do most New Yorkers seem cocky, rude, ignorant and conceeded?”
I’m willing to overlook the misspelling, and imagine the word ‘conceded’ there instead.
Is this an eggcorn? Someone who is conceited is probably among the least likely to concede a point, but to me that makes this even more interesting—or at least humorous.
I also found it amusing that another user in the same forum repeated the word ‘conceeded’ a few minutes later:
‘Uhhhhh I’m from New York. Its the nature of ATC and pilots to be cocky, rude and conceeded. But not really all that ignorant.’
Thoughts?
—Shawn
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