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

[Charles Doyle]

Wilson, it's "All of the other reindeer," mumbled by those sad folks bereft of the "open o."

--Charlie
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>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 17:36:42 -0400
>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>

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>Is "Olive, the other reindeer" a mishearing of "Oh, how the other reindeer"? It's the only thing that I can think of that comes close to making sense. Even so, I get the nonsensical "Oh [laiv] the other reindeer"' more easily than "Olive."
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>-Wilson

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