Modern Proverbs appeal

[Mark Mandel]

That's how it originated, but then it was deliberately adopted. See Lee
Gold's essay "An Egocentric and Convoluted History of Early 'Filk' and
Filking" <http://fanac.org/Fan_Histories/filkhist.html>.

-- Mark A. Mandel, The Filker With No Nickname
   http://filk.cracksandshards.com/


On 6/12/07, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
>
>
> That word "filksong" is said to have originated as a typographical error
> for "folksong." Is there a category of words with that kind of derivation?
>
> I remember an old version of WordPerfect (oh, how I miss WordPerfect and
> hate MSWord!) would always correct my spelling of the word "folksong,"
> surmising that I had endeavored to say "filching"!
>
> --Charlie
>
>

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