vaycay; hiccough

[Jonathan Lighter]

An eggcorn?

The spelling pronunciation's been around for quite a while. It's the meaning
that's new.

But when I was a kid, /'hik at p/ was the only pronunciation I heard.


JL
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 8:08 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> "Vaycay" also sounds vaguely British. I could swear I've heard it coming
> from Hugh Grant and some BBC "dramas". As for the other, it just sounds
> like
> an eggcorn--and something you're bound to hear from kids.
>
> VS-)
>
> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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> >
> > Two TV commercials for different companies are using the word "vaycay"
> (or
> > whatever) for "vacation." Because Willie Mays is 80, it rhymes with "say
> > hey!"
> >
> > For snappy communication, say "hiccough" instead of "utter repeatedly and
> > insistently."  According to travel maven Laura Michonski on CNN, some
> > places
> > around the country will soon be "/ 'hIkOfiN/ 'peak season! peak season!'"
> >
> > JL <http://www.americandialect.org>
>  >
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