" Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An Eggcorn?

[Charles Doyle]

Also, a few months ago, didn't we mention the more literary character Lo, the poor Indian?

--Chalrie
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>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 17:18:12 -0400

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>I have a cartoon from either Dennis the Menace or Family Circus  that uses
>this line; I use it in class every year.  But whether it's original or not
>I don't know; both cartoons use a lot of word play, so maybe the
>cartoonists either made them up or drew from their own family lives.  I
>mentioned this years ago here, so it may be documented more fully in the
>archives.
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>At 04:24 PM 8/2/2007, you wrote:
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>>Subject:      Re: " Olive, the other reindeer"; was  Re: "Trolling" for
>>               "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
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>>Was "Olive, the other reindeer" actually (mis)understood this way by a =
>>child (as, e.g. "Pontius Pilot" or "Gladly, the cross-eyed bear") or was =
>>this consturction with Olive humorously invented by an adult?
>>=20
>>Gerald Cohen
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>>From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Arnold M. Zwicky, Thu =
>>8/2/2007 10:26 AM
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>>On Aug 1, 2007, at 7:26 PM, Lary Horn wrote:
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>> > 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.
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>> > Troll, the ancient Yuletide carol
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>> > --alongside its companion,
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>> > Gladly, the cross-eyed bear
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>>now added to the posting, along with "Olive, the other reindeer".
>>
>>arnold
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