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#209673 - 02/21/13 03:51 AM eggcorn
sanA stranger Registered: 02/21/13 Posts: 1	One of my students wrote, "I was born from my mother's wound." One says his major is auto motives. I also have a friend who speaks of burglers who ramshacked the room Someone makes a halfhazard attempt.
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#209674 - 02/21/13 04:27 AM Re: eggcorn [Re: sanA]
Engelsepiet stranger Registered: 03/19/06 Posts: 2	Eggcorn? Surely this is a mondegreen. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen
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#209677 - 02/21/13 04:59 AM Re: eggcorn [Re: sanA]
MikeW stranger Registered: 02/18/13 Posts: 2	Aha, I finally have a word for it! Hope I don't get my knuckles rapped here for being too crude, but now I realize it's multiple "eggcorns" that I have in the description of my favorite imaginary opera, "The Battered Bride", by the Check composer, Smegma. (Not contemplating bruises and spousal abuse here, but immersion in a tasty mixture of flour and beer as part of some traditional Bavarian nuptial practice :-) Mike
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#209679 - 02/21/13 06:32 AM Re: eggcorn [Re: sanA]
Athena stranger Registered: 02/21/13 Posts: 1	Never knew there was a term for 'Oldtimer's' disease, in lieu of Alzheimer's. An eggcorn I frequently encounter as a physician.
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#209681 - 02/21/13 07:07 AM Re: eggcorn [Re: sanA]
Windischgirl stranger Registered: 02/21/13 Posts: 1 Loc: Philadelphia PA	Since English is not his first language, my father is susceptible to unintentionally expressing himself in eggcorns. My favorite is "Migraine Workers:" you know, those undocumented immigrants who pick crops. I'm guessing there are more than a few politicians who would embrace my dad's phrasing. Edited by Windischgirl (02/21/13 07:09 AM) Edit Reason: typo _________________________ Windischgirl Phildelphia PA
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#209682 - 02/21/13 07:08 AM Re: eggcorn [Re: Engelsepiet]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	Originally Posted By: Engelsepiet Eggcorn? Surely this is a mondegreen. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen They are related. This Language Log post discusses the difference, also bringing in the other related term folk etymology.
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#209683 - 02/21/13 07:12 AM Re: eggcorn [Re: sanA]
drewl512 stranger Registered: 02/21/13 Posts: 1	A friend of mine used to grade high school entrance essays and one of her favorites was when a writer spoke of his or her "self of steam". Another that I have often heard spoken by children at the beach is: "Don't get caught by the Under Toad!" Edited by drewl512 (02/21/13 07:13 AM)
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#209691 - 02/21/13 11:17 AM Re: eggcorn [Re: drewl512]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5371 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Welcome to you new posters: it's great having you. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#209700 - 02/21/13 07:37 PM Re: eggcorn [Re: sanA]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	The Under Toad was a thing from The World According to Garp.
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#209746 - 02/23/13 08:50 PM Re: eggcorn [Re: sanA]
DAVE1 stranger Registered: 02/23/13 Posts: 1	At a Stevie Nicks concert I was at in 2011, Stevie was telling the story of how she asked Tom Petty's wife how old she was when she met Tom Petty. Petty's wife replied "At the age of 17." Stevie heard it as "edge" not"age," and that's how the song "Edge of 17" came to be, at least according to Stevie Nicks herself. That would be an eggcorn. Edited by DAVE1 (02/23/13 08:50 PM)
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#209750 - 02/24/13 11:50 AM Re: eggcorn [Re: DAVE1]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5371 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Interesting. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#210899 - 05/13/13 09:25 AM Re: eggcorn [Re: Keira]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Okay--this is something I've not come across before, and I can see only one thing to do. Keira--commercial postings,such as your link, are not allowed here. Normally I would simply delete the link from your (or any) post while leaving the writer's thoughts, but in this case when I tried to Edit, the link didn't show up. So I am going to re-post your writing, then delete your entire original post. If you or anyone has a better solution, please post it here. Jackie KEIRA'S POST: A buddy used to quality secondary school entry articles and one of her most favorite was when a author talked of his or her "self of steam".
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#210900 - 05/13/13 09:53 AM Re: eggcorn [Re: sanA]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont	(Kiera's link is in his/her signature. You will have to change it in their[sic] profile.) _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#210904 - 05/13/13 11:00 AM Re: eggcorn [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	huh. I saw the link, but I usually don't see signatures. this software truly is weird, but I guess it's meant to be used 'commercially', and you dasn't fool with mother merchant. note to J: Anu was notified, and I bet he would have removed this person forthwith. (have they[sic] posted anything worth saving? I'm just askin'..)
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#210905 - 05/13/13 11:14 AM Re: sic distemper peever [Re: tsuwm]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3271 Loc: R'lyeh	Why all the sics? Singular (non-gender-specific) they has been in use continuously for about 600 years. Chaucer, Shakespeare, the King James Bible, Austen, et alia have all used it. Nothing new and certainly nothing wrong grammatically. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#210906 - 05/13/13 12:04 PM Re: sic distemper peever [Re: sanA]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont	I was just trying to appease the prescrips... I use it meownself all the time. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#210907 - 05/13/13 12:23 PM Re: sic distemper peever [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	..and I was just being moronic. but, this sort of usage does bother me: "I cannot pretend to be sorry ... that he [Darcy] or that any man should not be estimated beyond their deserts; but with him I believe it does not often happen." [Jane Austen, EA]
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#210908 - 05/13/13 12:24 PM Re: no surrender [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3271 Loc: R'lyeh	I was just trying to appease the prescrips... Yes, I figured, but I did not want the impressionable (young or old) to think this zombie "rule" was correct. John McIntyre, who is an editor at the Baltimore Sun, has this to say about throwing sops to peeving Cerebuses. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#210918 - 05/13/13 08:05 PM Re: no surrender [Re: sanA]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont	I like. thanks for the link. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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