Eggcorn: groan pull

[Joanne M. Despres]

This reminds me of an Archie Bunkerism:  when Edith began
showing menopausal symptoms, she visited the "groinocologist."

Sorry, couldn't resist that one.

Joanne

On 26 Nov 2006, at 22:39, Alison Murie wrote:

> Mark Peters writes:
>  >I noticed a groin/groan confusion in a student paper, and it looks like
> others have made the same mistake:
>
> >~~~~~~~~~~~
> Considering the painfulness of the condition, this is a rather prettily apt
> eggcorn.
> AM
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