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

[Tom Zurinskas]

If it would only stop them.  Those monsters wok their dogs.  ;)

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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>From: ronbutters at AOL.COM
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>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: " Olive,              the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling"
>for "Trawling": An              Eggcorn?
>Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 01:06:39 +0000
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>Subject:      Re: " Olive,             the other reindeer"; was Re:
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>               for "Trawling": An             Eggcorn?
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>Like what? Cut out their tongues?
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM>
>
>Date:         Thu, 2 Aug 2007 23:13:28
>To:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject:      Re: [ADS-L] " Olive,
>               the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for "Trawling": An
>               Eggcorn?
>
>
>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.
>
>
>
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> >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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> >Poster: Charles Doyle
> >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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