[Ads-l] eggcorn

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Mon Apr 9 23:32:34 UTC 2018


And an established one; cf. http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3567

LH
> On Apr 9, 2018, at 7:18 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> And if I didn't, then even if it's mine it's still an eggcorn, isn't it?
> 
> JL
> 
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 7:17 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Because I heard her say it slowly and clearly, with an edh.
>> 
>> That's how.
>> 
>> JL
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> How do you know he said "to the nail" and not "tooth 'n' nail"??
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 4:50 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> A.B. Stoddard, MSNBC commentator:
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>>>> "Republicans will fight you to the nail on that."
>>>> 
>>>> JL
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>>> truth."
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>> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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