Corn rolls - eggcorn

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Mon Sep 5 18:06:35 UTC 2005


On Sep 5, 2005, at 10:14 AM, Damien Hall wrote:

> Spotted in our (West Philadelphia) local paper, *Westside Weekly*
> (2-8 September
> 2005):  an African-American hair-stylist advertises that they can do
>
> corn rolls
>
> for you.
>
> I see that this one isn't in the Eggcorn Database yet, but by the
> familiar
> process of l-vocalisation it is akin to some that are.

it is now:

   http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/563/roll/

arnold



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