Spell check creates an eggcorn!
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Are you getting these phrases wrong too? | EGGCORNS
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2023
In the “doggy dog world” of the web, ...
Eggcorns are no “old wise tale”. These misheard phrases are everywhere. In this video we look at lots of examples of these amusing mishaps and try to understand why they happen, with the help of Professor Mark Liberman who helped coin the term “eggcorn”. We also discuss other linguistic calamities, including malapropisms, folk etymologies and mondegreens.
==LINKS==
Prof. Liberman’s blog post inspired by our chat: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll...
The Bonnie Earl O’ Moray song:
• 7. The Bonnie Ear...
Online eggcorn database: https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/browse-...
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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:45 What is an “eggcorn”?
1:45 Mark Liberman explains the name
3:57 Malapropisms
5:20 Rob’s confession
5:56 Mondegreens - origin & Hendrix
7:27 Spot the eggcorns with NordVPN
9:00 Eggcorns aren’t stupid
10:20 Butt naked or buck naked?
11:50 Old Timer’s Disease, wet your appetite, just desserts
13:25 Damp squid or damp squib
14:08 Historic eggcorns
14:53 Folk etymologies: Jerusalem artichoke
17:31 Call for foreign eggcorns
Thanks for the video.
I think we all probably develop or create eggcorns in our youth when we are listening to adult conversations and mishear what the adults are saying.