old factory < olefactory

[Dave Wilton]

"Old factory" = "olfactory" was a joke on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," fifth
season, episode "The Replacement" that aired 10 Oct 2000.

Some appearances of the eggcorn may be references to this.



-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Laurence Horn
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:14 AM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: old factory < olefactory

At 10:01 AM -0400 9/16/07, David Bergdahl wrote:
>I propose that we add "Eggcorn of the Year" to our annual list--and I
>nominate this one!
>
I'll recuse myself from the latter suggestion, but I'd be happy to
support the former one--the tricky part would be closing off the
nominations.

LH

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