embarras d'eggcorn

Mark A. Mandel mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU
Tue Jun 14 00:59:18 UTC 2005


laurentius scripsit:
>>>
The "saga" is quite possibly a typo, the "advise" a simple
misspelling that I suspect I've encountered in students' papers.  But
the "roll-a-coaster" is the interesting one, and not novel or unique
to this writer.  Google has 411 hits, some literal, some 'emotional'.
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And "sing-a-long".

-- Mark A. Mandel, The Filker With No Nickname
   http://filk.cracksandshards.com



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