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These kinds of substitutions are called eggcorns (like acorns) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
by adzm 6y ago
These kinds of substitutions are called eggcorns (like acorns) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
- Zamicol 6y agoMy household has started calling them "Bone Apple Teas". https://old.reddit.com/r/BoneAppleTea/ https://old.reddit.com/r/BoneAppleTea/ My favorite being a friend called a cul-de-sac a "culture sack". Years later we still laugh about this one.
- jacobush 6y agoIt’s also true
- eindiran 6y agoGeoffrey Pullum, who came up with the term "eggcorn", also came up with "snowclone" [0]. He has had a lot of very interesting posts on Language Log [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone [1] http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/langlog-posts.html http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/langlog-posts.html
- m0xte 6y agoLanguage Log is brilliant. Perfect morning reading with my coffee. “Orca emits speech-like sound; reporters go insane“ says more about our culture and media than anything I’ve read for years. Thanks for posting the link.