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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread This weeks topic: Eggcorns? #214647 04/07/2014 10:40 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Today's word is belfry, an eggcorn that has become the official version. Will the rest also be egcorns? Last edited by Faldage; 04/07/2014 10:41 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: This weeks topic: Eggcorns? Faldage #216948 06/07/2014 4:16 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr enthusiast Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia "It would be so easy to dismiss eggcorns as signs of illiteracy and stupidity, but they are nothing of the sort. They are imaginative attempts at relating something heard to lexical material already known." (Geoffrey K. Pullum) Example: Skimp milk for skimmed (or skim) milk "He also wants women to drink a glass of skimp milk for a dash of calcium." (Nancy Alfaro, "The Dancer's Diet," Cheek2Cheek Dance Studio) live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Eggcorns Bazr #217106 06/15/2014 1:54 PM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 London, UK A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 London, UK Welsh rarebit is apparently an eggcorn from the earlier version Welsh rabbit. Then there is one foul swoop for one fell swoop. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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