Gathering Eggcorns

[Laurence Horn]

A yolking of eggcorns?  (Or a yoking, as the case may be.)

LH

At 6:41 PM -0400 6/27/10, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>A mighty oak-cretion of eggcorns...
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>DanG
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>On 6/27/2010 10:19 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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>>Can the learned members of this list improve upon "gathering" as the
>>collective noun for "eggcorns"?  "A gleaning"? ...
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>>Joel
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>>At 6/26/2010 07:19 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
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>>>Merl Reagle's Sunday crossword puzzle this week is titled "Gathering
>>>Eggcorns". He explains,
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>>>      "Eggcorns" are things people say and write that are technically
>>>incorrect but which have a logic of their own, such as "wheelbarrel."
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>>>PDF at http://www.sundaycrosswords.com/ccpuz/GatheringEggcorns.pdf
>>>Java version at http://www.sundaycrosswords.com/ccpuz/MPuz.php
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>>>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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