[Ads-l] Another "chalk full" sighting

[Tom Zurinskas]

It's awe-dropping going both ways.  Some folks say the word "chalk" as "chock"  So when they hear "Chock full" they think they hear "chalk full" and will write "chalk full".


Tom Zurinskas,  Originally from SW Conn 20 yrs,  college NE Tenn 3,  work SE NJ  33,  resides SE Florida 18...  truespel.com






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From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2021 2:47 AM
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Subject: Another "chalk full" sighting

I just came across a claim on Quora that the Puritans’ ships were “chalk full of alcohol” (see the Eggcorn Database entry at https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/945/chalked/). Hopefully they also brought some cans of that Chalk Full O’ Gnats heavenly coffee on board too to help them sober up.

LH

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