defining "lap dance"

Fri Mar 24 00:31:09 UTC 2006

On Mar 23, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> Unfortunately, no. In fact, I'm not even sure that it is an eggcorn.
> I first *heard* it when I was a teen back in the '50's. A local St.
> Louis DJ had as part of his daily show-opening patter:
>
> "This is The G [George Logan] saying hello to thee, in all his
> crown 'n' glory."
>
> OTOH, he could very well have been saying, "... crownin' glory."
> Either way, it would have worked for him in that context.

yeah.  no way to tell.  the comment on the eggcorn database has a
written example, however.

> On the other hand, "Follow me and I will _release_ you of
> all your troubles," heard on a TV sitcom, possibly is an
> eggcorn.

possibly, or it's a blend of "release... from" and "relieve... of".
or it's a Fay-Cutler malaprop.  sigh.

arnold

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