"Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?

sagehen sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM
Thu Aug 2 02:54:41 UTC 2007


>At 10:06 PM -0300 8/1/07, David A. Daniel wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
>>Beverly Flanigan
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 1:05 PM
>>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>Subject: Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
>>
>>
 The "trolly lolly" reference suggests a pronunciation more like" tra la
la" than like "troll" in the Three Billy Goats.  Maybe we should be singing
"/trall/ the ancient yuletide carol."
AM

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