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

[Dennis Preston]

Only a very few wok their dogs (preserving /oh/
before a voiced but not a voiceless velar); most
wok their dahgs.

dInIs



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>If it would only stop them.  Those monsters wok their dogs.  ;)
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>Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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>>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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>>Like what? Cut out their tongues?
>>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM>
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>>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?
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>>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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>>
>>
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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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>>  >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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>>  >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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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
Morrill Hall 15-C
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48864 USA

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