Eggcorns
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, an eggcorn is a non-standard reshaping of a familiar word or phrase. The word comes from someone's attempt to spell "acorn".
I love these. Or maybe I hate them--it's so hard to know. They drive me crazy and are one of the things that will cause me to hurl a book across a room. And yet I collect them and ponder them and glory in The Eggcorn Database. I think what I like about them is that frequently they would be very funny if used ironically: a rye sense of humor is just what W.C. Fields had and I've certainly watched examples of women using their feminine wilds.
This week I've read the phrase "make due" three times.
I love these. Or maybe I hate them--it's so hard to know. They drive me crazy and are one of the things that will cause me to hurl a book across a room. And yet I collect them and ponder them and glory in The Eggcorn Database. I think what I like about them is that frequently they would be very funny if used ironically: a rye sense of humor is just what W.C. Fields had and I've certainly watched examples of women using their feminine wilds.
This week I've read the phrase "make due" three times.