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

[Tom Zurinskas]

Attack of the "awe" droppers.  They substitute the sound "ah" for "awe"
wherever it occurs, and thus "all of" becomes "ah luv" (Olive).  They must
be stopped.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
See truespel.com - and the 4  truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at
authorhouse.com.





>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: " Olive,              the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling"
>for "Trawling": An              Eggcorn?
>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:05:05 -0700
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>Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject:      Re: " Olive,              the other reindeer"; was Re:
>"Trolling"
>               for "Trawling": An              Eggcorn?
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>This has got to be a joke, not a trfue misunderstanding, as the relevant
>lines are,
>
>   "All of the other reindeer,
>   Used to laugh and call him names.
>   THEY wouldn't let poor Rudolph
>   Play in any reindeer games."
>
>   Even if your own name is Olive, and all your female relatives are named
>Olive, and your favorite character is Olive Oyl, you will understand "all
>of" as  meaning "all of," at least if your attention span is long enough to
>get to the operative pronoun.
>
>   Though you might pretend otherwise.
>
>   JL
>Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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>Subject: Re: " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for
>"Trawling": An Eggcorn?
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>Wilson, it's "All of the other reindeer," mumbled by those sad folks bereft
>of the "open o."
>
>--Charlie
>___________________________________________________________
>
>---- Original message ----
> >Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 17:36:42 -0400
> >From: Wilson Gray
>
> >
> >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."
> >
> >-Wilson
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