Gathering Eggcorns

Mark Mandel thnidu at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jun 26 23:19:20 UTC 2010


Merl Reagle's Sunday crossword puzzle this week is titled "Gathering
Eggcorns". He explains,

    "Eggcorns" are things people say and write that are technically
incorrect but which have a logic of their own, such as "wheelbarrel."

PDF at http://www.sundaycrosswords.com/ccpuz/GatheringEggcorns.pdf
Java version at http://www.sundaycrosswords.com/ccpuz/MPuz.php

My wife (the dedicated crucigrammatist in the family) and I don't think that
some of these are exactly eggcorns (e.g., 50 Across), but what the hey. Have
fun!

Mark Mandel

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