Re: Epigrammatic hybridization


"James Lee" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"John Woodgate" <jmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We had a thread on this subject (with a different Subject) two weeks ago.
Now 'New Scientist' is in on the act, page 52 of the 26 August issue.
Apparently, trite expressions with wrong words substituted are called
'eggcorns':

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net
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A sauce of innocent merriment ...
James Lee

And apropos of eggcorns, I've just seen "spotlight" translated as
"Schweinwerfer".
James Lee




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