Hands Aloft to Squirrel!

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[roina_arwen]

This was a very amusing post, thanks for the laugh!

I can't think of any particular mispronounciations we do on purpose where I work, but then again with social workers what do you expect? :)

[emo_snal]

:D :D gold star for good use of the terms, especially boring station :D

[joeymichaels]

I wish I had a brain mace.

My wife and I deliberately use words that are not accurate all the time, though we don't do this at our current workplaces.

I had a friend who tells me that his brother used to babysit this little girl, and they'd play a game where they changed the vowels. For example, instead of saying "Cat" they might call it a "cot" or a "kit." One day, he was serving her cake and she referred to it, proudly, as "moist, delicious cock."

Yeah, that was the end of that game.

[anonymous]

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A name for these things

[ext_223362]

The term is "eggcorn" (which is itself an eggcorn of "acorn"). http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000018.html

Re: A name for these things

[emo_snal]

Thanks Ken, that appears to be correct!