Eggcorn?

[Chris Waigl]

On 16 May 2009, at 14:03, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> At 5/16/2009 04:12 AM, Margaret Lee wrote:
>> In a final paper, one of my students wrote that a female character
>> in a novel is put on a "pedal stool."  Is this a possible eggcorn
>> for pedestal?
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> Perhaps thinking of a piano stool, adjustable to reach the pedals?
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Already in the Eggcorn Database: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/297/pedastool/
  ("pedal stool" is in the article).

A tip: when you have a potential eggcorn, just type it into google
together with the search term "eggcorn". If it's in the ECDB, it'll
likely come up!

Best,

Chris Waigl

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