foilage

[James Smith]

I say it's a misspelling.


--- Lynne Murphy <m.l.murphy at SUSSEX.AC.UK> wrote:

> 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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