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Eggcorn vs. Mondegreen
The article seems to imply that eggcorns are different from mondegreens in some important but unstated way. As far as I can tell they are different words for the same phenomenon, which is fine. Is there any real well sourced linguistic distinction or can we just say that both Geoffrey Pullum and Sylvia Wright both independently noticed the phenomenon and each gave it a different name? Nolandda (talk) 22:27, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, there is a difference. An eggcorn uses words that sound similar (and have not, as with mondegreens, been misheard) to words or phrases, and have a meaning that is similar to the original term. Example: old-timer's disease for Alzheimer's Disease. A mondegreen, such as wrapped up like a douche, has nothing to do with the original revved up like a deuce. Paulmlieberman (talk) 14:03, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
- However, like mondegreens, an eggcorn often arises when a word or expression has been communicated verbally. It may then pass into common currency in a written medium, typically the Internet. Witness all of the sudden and a whole nother. Nuttyskin (talk) 15:16, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
- These are all interesting hypotheses about the distinction between the terms. Is there any academic or other authority we can reference to clarify the true difference (assuming one exists). Nolandda (talk) 18:28, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
- One place to start might be here, including LanguageLog link. - phi (talk) 18:16, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
- Check it out. CapnZapp (talk) 11:42, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
- One place to start might be here, including LanguageLog link. - phi (talk) 18:16, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
"Bone Apple Tea" Redirect
Bone Apple Tea should not be redirected here, as the faulty phrases don't have the same meaning. Instead it should be redirected to Malapropism. --Mrmariomaster (talk) 15:24, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
"Bone Apple Tea" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Bone Apple Tea. The discussion will occur at Misplaced Pages:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 March 3#Bone Apple Tea until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Cnilep (talk) 23:32, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
New section for suggestions
I noticed the edit notice (that you see when attempting to edit the article) pointed to a talk section that had been archived. To fix this I renamed the old archived section, and started a new section with the name used by the edit notice (that I can't edit). It is below. Furthermore I implemented automatic archiving, and to that end, have pinned this new suggestion section so that it won't be archived by the bot (and hopefully not by human editors either). Cheers CapnZapp (talk) 12:04, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Debate / defend / reject / submit examples here
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- For the previous, now archived, list of suggested examples, see Talk:Eggcorn/Archive 6#Debate / defend / reject / submit examples here (old)
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