Corn rolls - eggcorn

[Dennis R. Preston]

I winder about the "true" eggcorn status where items are spelled as
they are pronounced with, perhaps, no "sense" difference. What about
a "chest -of-draws" (as many locals her ein michigan ahve it)? When
are folk-etymologies (related to such phonological facts) and
eggcorns distinct?

dInIs

>Spotted in our (West Philadelphia) local paper, *Westside Weekly*
>(2-8 September
>2005):  an African-American hair-stylist advertises that they can do
>
>corn rolls
>
>for you.
>
>I see that this one isn't in the Eggcorn Database yet, but by the familiar
>process of l-vocalisation it is akin to some that are.
>
>Damien Hall
>University of Pennsylvania


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