Eggcorns and self-promotion

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 8/14/07, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
> 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"?

Sure. It could very well be a mondeggcorn.


--Ben Zimmer

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