Weak lean / (weakling) eggcorn

[Tom Zurinskas]

Honest recognition that the "i" in "ing" is pronounced the same as the "ea" in "weak".
~weekleeng.


Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk






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> Poster: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Weak lean / (weakling) eggcorn
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> On Nov 1, 2011, at 10:22 AM, Randy Alexander wrote:
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> > A friend sent me this eggcorn:
> >
> > http://freetheanimal.com/2011/10/and-why-are-you-paleo.html#comment-84158
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> > I am Paleo because today my blood pressure was 110 over 70, and in January
> > of 2010 it was about 190 over 140.
> >
> > I weighed about 215 back then, today I am about 145, and I am not a weak
> > lean.
>
> Neat one. I guess that -ling suffix is pretty opaque by now. I notice a few hits for "earthlean":
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> morning earthleans
> HELLO EARTHLEANS!!!!!!(IDK IF I SPELLED THAT RIGHT!LOL!)
> standing here on a Monday counting how many earthleans live on this plant [sic]
> Maybe I have a "Super Bike", something not seen before by friggin earthleans
>
> Neither "weaklean" nor "earthlean" is in the eggcorn database (yet!)
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> LH
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