eggcorn

[Beverly Flanigan]

This merging of tense and lax (to lax) before L is common in Ohio
too.  Thus, i > I, e > E, and u/o > U/^ (wedge).  A common sign around here
in SE Ohio is "For Sell."  I haven't seen other words respelled to match
sound--yet.  (Only thus would it be an eggcorn, right?)

As I understand it, the Southern Shift essentially switches tense and lax
rather than merging them.  So, keel > kill, and kill > keel.  We have some
Southern influence here, but it's not widespread north of Portsmouth.

Beverly Flanigan
Ohio University

At 04:34 PM 5/11/2005, you wrote:
>Utahns are well known to have i>I before L
>feel > fill
>seal > sill
>and so on
>Fritz
>
> >>> rshuttle at BAMA.UA.EDU 05/11/05 01:24PM >>>
>Sounds like the Southern shift ( i <--> I ) to me. I've also seen, "Feel
>in the following form and submit." Is this an eggcorn, though? I dunno.
>Rachel
>
>FRITZ JUENGLING wrote:
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> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster:       FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US>
> > Subject:      eggcorn
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> > Here is an email that I received from our registrar--maybe it could be
> added to some eggcorn list somewhere (reminds me of Utah speech):
> >
> > If you have any questions please fill free to ask away.
> >
> > Fritz
>
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