foilage

[Lynne Murphy]

A friend who writes a plant-related blog
<http://plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com/> wrote me to ask whether
'foilage' for 'foliage' is an eggcorn.  I'd say 'yes', but do others agree?

Ta,
Lynne

Dr M Lynne Murphy
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and English Language
Arts B135
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QN

phone: +44-(0)1273-678844
http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com

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