| 单词 | eggcorn |
| 例句 | Since coleslaw, like most salads, is traditionally served cold, the eggcorn cold slaw is a little redundant. 11 commonly misheard phrases that actually make sense 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Though it's unclear when its eggcorn, take for granite, first appeared, it's pretty clear why some people think it makes sense. 11 commonly misheard phrases that actually make sense 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Alzheimer's surname is often misheard as old-timers' — an apt eggcorn, as most people diagnosed with the disease are older than 65. 11 commonly misheard phrases that actually make sense 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “I like eggcorn,” Sokolowski said, “because it’s a word about words.” Happy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Such misinterpretations, and reshaped meanings that can still make sense, are known by linguists as “eggcorns,” a reference to the way some people pronounce acorn. An ‘Eggcorn’ or a Pet Peeve, Part of the Sports Lexicon 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z When another think coming becomes another thing coming, that’s an eggcorn. Why 'Eggcorns' Are Jar-Droppingly Good 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Did Bruni just drop an eggcorn in America’s journal of record? That eggcorn moment 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z In a 2005 posting on Language Log, a blog operated by the University of Pennsylvania, the linguist Mark Liberman wrote that “untracked” appeared to be an eggcorn for “on track.” An ‘Eggcorn’ or a Pet Peeve, Part of the Sports Lexicon 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Inspired by this new definition, some other Language Loggers decided to set up the “eggcorn database”, which is a brilliant and often hilarious compendium of mortification. That eggcorn moment 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z A pitch thrown “down the pipe” instead of “down the pike” is considered an eggcorn, as is “card shark” for “cardsharp.” An ‘Eggcorn’ or a Pet Peeve, Part of the Sports Lexicon 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z “Of course, with many of these eggcorns, there will be people who say, ‘No, no no, that’s not the way it is,'” he said. Why 'Eggcorns' Are Jar-Droppingly Good 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z The linguists just decided to go with eggcorn, after the canonical example. That eggcorn moment 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z No, eggcorns sound almost identical to the intended form, and, crucially, are plausible as alternative analyses of them. That eggcorn moment 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z |
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