Eggcorns and self-promotion

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/14/2007 10:31 AM, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>To be fair, Mark Peters' Babble article on eggcorns includes a
>mondegreen ("You're a grand old flag, you're a high-fivin' flag"), so
>it would be easy for a non-initiate to miss the distinction.

But high-fiving is a celebratory act, so might not someone think it
fits with "grand old"?

Joel

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