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I’m sure you meant inflection rather than infection, but somehow it still works and makes complete sense. :D
by aksss 6y ago
I’m sure you meant inflection rather than infection, but somehow it still works and makes complete sense. :D
- MrsPeaches 6y agoAka an Eggcorn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
- aksss 6y agoCool, that's new to me, thanks. "Liberman discussed the case of a woman who substitutes the phrase egg corn for the word acorn, and he argued that the precise phenomenon lacked a name. Pullum suggested using eggcorn itself as a label."
- ummonk 6y agoWord.