[1stPickSites] (01/26/06) The Eggcorn Database

The Eggcorn Database

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/

Today's site presents Chris Waigl's compilation of what may be
unkindly called linguistic flubs. Readers, who would never commit
such blunders themselves, may enjoy checking out this amusing
collection of phrases and words gone wrong.

"This site collects unusual spellings of a particular kind, which
have come to be called eggcorns. Typical examples include free
reign (instead of free rein) or hone in on (instead of home in
on), and many more or less common reshapings of words and
expressions: a word or part of a word is
semantically reanalyzed, and the spelling reflects the new
interpretation.  ...The word eggcorn was coined collectively by
the linguists who write at the excellent group blog Language Log.
 [Linguists] are not picky: the actual, real-life use is what
counts ..." - from the website

The database contains 155 eggcorns, which may also be browsed by
categories such as "nearly mainstream", "hidden" and "genuine".
Each entry has a proper citation and additional commentary by the
editor. Visitors are invited to submit their own discoveries to
this lexical swamp.

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