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Common guys, getting the phrasing right is not rocket appliances.
by justanotherc 7y ago
Common guys, getting the phrasing right is not rocket appliances.
- econcon 7y agoWrong application becoming popular sometimes results in new phrases.
- jamiek88 7y agohttps://old.reddit.com/r/boneappletea https://old.reddit.com/r/boneappletea
- tialaramex 7y agoTheir right hand side doesn't mention it, so I'm intrigued whether this sub-reddit pre-dates Language Log naming almost this same type of mistake an eggcorn? Specifically an eggcorn involves an erroneous analysis, in the name example a person figures an acorn does look rather like an egg and so maybe that's why the name for it is "eggcorn". Likewise "tow the line" mistakes the metaphor as involving pulling a rope rather than standing against a chalk mark ("toe the line") and "free reign" assumes it's about some analogy to absolute power of kings rather than controlling horses.