Gathering Eggcorns

[Joel S. Berson]

Can the learned members of this list improve upon "gathering" as the
collective noun for "eggcorns"?  "A gleaning"? ...

Joel

At 6/26/2010 07:19 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:

>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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