"troll" in "Deck the Halls"

Wed Aug 1 18:53:32 UTC 2007

On Aug 1, 2007, at 10:07 AM, Beverly Flanigan wrote:

> Wow.  Maybe I was reinterpreting "troll" all those years--or maybe I'm
> misremembering now because I'd never actually analyzed the line.

now blogged on:

AZ, 8/1/07: Cousin of eggcorn:
  http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004777.html

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