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Revision as of 07:07, 18 November 2006 by Estmere (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Is nonation a form of Eggcorn? this is the process where "a napron" becomes "an apron". It has happend to many words and names in english, as I i understand it. DES 17:12, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
- I'd say it's borderline. The "a n___" -> "an _____" part works, I think, because it's a homophone that the speaker believes is the correct word, but that leaves you with the _____ part, which when the nonation occurs isn't recognized as a word yet. I can't think of an example of nonation that didn't end up coining a new word based on an old one without its leading "n", but if there was one then it might be a full-fledged eggcorn. — mendel ☎ 19:24, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
Merge
From the article, "It is not a malapropism; Egg corn and acorn are homonyms at least in some pronunciations." Tom Harrison 13:07, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Yes, the merge suggestion seems to be sorely misinformed and is not justified by any comments here. I'd suggest removing it sooner rather than later because it's a terrible idea. Nohat 17:42, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- Apparently it was a mistake, sorry, but I added it because both Eggcorn and Malapropism contain the exact same example ("for all intensive purposes"), which suggested to me that one is a subset of the other. –Tifego 18:06, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
doggie-dog
It's a doggie-dog world? - The expression refers to a requirement for a self-centred nature in life, in order to survive. Hence one dog "eating" another. The expresson could be interchanged with "kill or be killed". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.201.144.71 (talk • contribs) 04:29, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- sounds like the eggcorn variant of your example would be "killer bee killed". Rihk 23:05, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, so? Are you suggesting a change to the article? —Tamfang 02:11, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
girl cheese?
Does any adult seriously think it's "girl cheese sandwiches"? What's interesting about eggcorns is that competent speakers of the languages make them. Jerry Kindall 09:12, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
I agree with Jerry -- it's very difficult to see how "girl cheese sandwich" could be an eggcorn. And "visa versa" just seems like a phonetic spelling rather than an eggcorn. --estmere 07:07, 18 November 2006 (UTC)