[Ads-l] YouTubery: "I guess you never heard of a _wheelbarrel_."

[Ben Zimmer]

On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 11:22 AM Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'd call "wheelbarrel" an *eggcorn*, not a folk etymology.


Indeed, it was one of the earliest entries in the Eggcorn Database.

https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/10/barrel/

...linking to Arnold's Language Log post:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001390.html

...which in turn references discussion of "wheelbarrel" on this list back
in Aug. 2004.

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2004-August/thread.html#39929

--bgz

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