Pedilogical

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:44 AM +0100 8/26/04, Michael Quinion wrote:
>A subscriber has asked about the word "pedilogical", which he has
>heard several times recently. Google throws up 14 examples. I  assume
>this is a mistake for "pedagogical", but am intrigued to know how it
>is that the one can be converted into the other in people's minds?
>
I'd guess this is similar to the "nucular" question, where (as we've
discussed) there are comparatively many -cular adjectives, and only a
couple of -clear ones ("nuclear" and "cochlear" were the only ones I
could think of), so the more unusual form is assimilated to the more
usual one.  There are -@'logical adjectives up the wazoo (if you'll
pardon the technical vocabulary), and how many -@'gogical ones can
you think of?

Larry,
predicting a dearth of "philogogical" hits