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"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
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted This weeks topic: Eggcorns? Faldage 04/07/14 10:40 AM Re: This weeks topic: Eggcorns? Bazr 06/07/14 04:16 AM Re: Eggcorns A C Bowden 06/15/14 01:54 PM
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