Interlingual eggcorn?

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Aug 9 14:36:57 UTC 2006


At 9:35 AM -0400 8/9/06, Wilson Gray wrote:
>>>From Slashdot:
>
>"Now, they've got Apple by the _corones_."
>
As opposed to the disingenuous interlingual eggcorn practiced by the
Cal-Mex restaurant and tequila bar here in New Haven, c.o.jones
[sic], serving "Ballsy Mexican Cuisine".  Cf.
http://www.c-o-jones.com/about.htm

LH

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