"Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:06 PM -0300 8/1/07, David A. Daniel wrote:
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>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
>Beverly Flanigan
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>Subject: Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
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>"Troll the ancient Yuletide carol"?  I've always heard it as "trill."  Can
>you cite a source for "troll" as a type of singing?
>
>Random House, M-W and Encarta are three.
>DAD



Well, we've established that there is such a verb as "troll", with
precisely the appropriate meaning, but its currency is severely
limited.  Because of this, I wonder if there be young lads and lasses
scattered about who have innovated an eggcornish reading of this
line, i.e.

Troll, the ancient Yuletide carol

--alongside its companion,

Gladly, the cross-eyed bear

The marketing possibilities are staggering.

LH

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