Eggcorn: foilage

[Jim Parish]

Laurence Horn wrote:
> At 8:41 PM -0500 10/11/08, Jim Parish wrote:
> >Benjamin Barrett wrote:
> ><snip>
> >>  2. Something that foils
> ><snip>
> >>  I have a serious thrist for a CONSTITUIONAL amendment that will
> >>  force persons of foilage to report to the nearest nucular power
> >>  plant for physcho-assessment and debreeding
so the re-programming
> >>  can begin.
> >>  (http://rachellucas.com/index.php/2008/08/06/the-chemtrails-serve-
> >>  many -masters/ )
> >
> >"[P]ersons of foilage" looks to me like a reference to Greens; if so,
> >this would be another example of the original "foilage/foliage"
> >confusion.
> >
> I don't know.  Given the loony context, it seems
> equally likely that it refers to folks wearing
> tin foil helmets that I think are supposed to be
> designed either to shield the wearer from signals
> or to attract them, I forget which.

Good point. More context might help.

Jim Parish

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