Re: Re: proof-reading fun

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 3/31/05 2:00:52 PM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:


> That's a frequently reported eggcorn as well.  In fact, one might
> expect errors in voice recognition to track eggcorns fairly well.
> 
> Larry
> 

The difference being that there has to be some kind of semantic relationship 
between the target and the misperceptioon to make the eggcorn work reasonably 
well, right? Whereas misperceptions in speech (NOT the same thing as "errors 
in voice recognition," by the way!!!!) can jump entirely off the semantic track 
(e.g., "I always used to rather enjoy the big floppy disks" perceived as " 
... dicks").