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

[Wilson Gray]

"You can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a Chinese cook." A line
from Ang Lee's first movie, whose title I've forgotten.

-Wilson

On 8/2/07, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: " Olive, the other reindeer"; was Re: "Trolling" for
>               "Trawling": An Eggcorn?
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> If it would only stop them.  Those monsters wok their dogs.  ;)
>
> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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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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> >Poster:       ronbutters at AOL.COM
> >Subject:      Re: " Olive,             the other reindeer"; was Re:
> >"Trolling"
> >               for "Trawling": An             Eggcorn?
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> >
> >Like what? Cut out their tongues?
> >
> >Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >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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