Gathering Eggcorns

Garson O'Toole adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM
Mon Jun 28 03:50:40 UTC 2010


Joel S. Berson wrote
> Can the learned members of this list improve upon "gathering" as the
> collective noun for "eggcorns"?  "A gleaning"? ...

Here are some possible names for collections of eggcorns. These do not
fit the "collective noun" schema, but some of might have worked as
crossword puzzle titles.

motherload of eggcorns
jar-dropping eggcorns
eggcorns and nauseam
uphauling eggcorns
eggcorns that pass mustard

> At 6/26/2010 07:19 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
>
>>Merl Reagle's Sunday crossword puzzle this week is titled "Gathering
>>Eggcorns". He explains,
>>
>>     "Eggcorns" are things people say and write that are technically
>>incorrect but which have a logic of their own, such as "wheelbarrel."
>>
>>PDF at http://www.sundaycrosswords.com/ccpuz/GatheringEggcorns.pdf
>>Java version at http://www.sundaycrosswords.com/ccpuz/MPuz.php
>>
>>My wife (the dedicated crucigrammatist in the family) and I don't think that
>>some of these are exactly eggcorns (e.g., 50 Across), but what the hey. Have
>>fun!
>>
>>Mark Mandel

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