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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: 13659	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: 5300 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: 13659	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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