"last stitch effort"

[Dennis R. Preston]

>It's easy her [eg] is correct (as is her [meZr] (measure). Just ask
>us standard speqakers an we'll tell you.

dInIs

>PS: In my misspent youth I once appeared in a production of Macbeth
>(sorry, the Scottish Play) in which I was one of the murderers of
>Lady Macduff and her kids. As I recall one of the little brats
>called me a "shag-haired villain" and I responded with "What! You
>egg!" Sure nuff, I let out my Louisville [eg] and the rehearsal
>stopped.




>From:    "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
>: On Sep 21, 2004, at 9:03 AM, Orin Hargraves wrote:
>
>:: Wasn't somebody collecting these things the other week?
>
>: the Language Loggers (me included) have been collecting these
>: "eggcorns" for months.
>
>I am somewhat embarassed to admit that i've been puzzling away in silence
>all this time, trying desparately to figure out why in the world these
>things would be called "eggcorns", since "eggcorn" sounds nothing at all
>like "acorn" to me.
>
>I finally got it this morning--and this in the face of the fact that Jeanne
>and i regularly argue over whose pronunciation of "egg" is correct, her [eg]
>or my [Eg].
>
>Does this mean i have to turn in my linguist badge?
>
><snip>
>
>David Bowie                                         http://pmpkn.net/lx
>     Jeanne's Two Laws of Chocolate: If there is no chocolate in the
>     house, there is too little; some must be purchased. If there is
>     chocolate in the house, there is too much; it must be consumed.


--
Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages
A-740 Wells Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-3099
Fax: (517) 432-2736
preston at msu.edu