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I was also wondering if these should have their own thread since they don't really fit the topic and some aren't annoying and the eggcorns are amusing.
Is this one?
"when this plan is dull and void"
That's a malapropism, not an eggcorn.
An eggcorn would be "when this plan is nullen void"
When I came here from "across the pond" I thought Arkansas was pronounced Ar-kansas and Yosemite was pronounced Yohs-mite. Yohs-mite Sam just doesn't come off the tongue with the same rhythm.
The tiny town of Yosemite, Kentucky IS pronounced "Yo-se-mite"!
And those Coloradans insist on pronouncing the Arkansas River as "Ar-Kansas". Once the river reaches the Rackensack State, of course it's correctly pronounced "Arkansaw".
It is perfectly understandable for a foreigner to think that Arkansas is pronounced as Ar-Kansas.
After all, the state of Kansas is not pronounced as, "Kansaw".
And, the correct pronunciation of Yosemite would probably escape most folks who were not born here.
In fact, my 10th grade English teacher--who was born & raised in the US--pronounced that national park as, "Yohs-might".
I distinctly recall cringing when I heard Mrs. Forrester slaughter that word, as well as a few others.
Back in the days of my youth, I had a Sunday School teacher who pronounced Haiti as "Hay-Tie", when discussing missions to needy parts of the world...
On another forum discussing the ABC series "Nashville", a poster repeatedly referred to the label of series stars/characters Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes as "Eggshell Records".
It's supposed to be "Edgehill Records", obviously named after the Edgehill neighborhood in the real Nashville. Obviously the poster simply misunderstood what they thought they heard.
Although since a good deal of eggshell-walking goes on in this series, "Eggshell" Records might be more apt!
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Back in the days of my youth, I had a Sunday School teacher who pronounced Haiti as "Hay-Tie", when discussing missions to needy parts of the world...
I used to work with a guy who had a second job on weekends, as a DJ at a small radio station.
He listened to this station frequently when he was not working, and almost drove off the road when he heard a very young female employee read the following news item:
...and the Pentagon has reported that several companies of US Marines have been sent to Heidi to repair her infracture. (Translation: Those Marines were sent to repair Haiti's infrastructure.)
In comments responding to an online "Atlantic Monthly" article about those it perceives as responsible for the current government shutdown:
"I'm sick of the press acting like Boehner is stuck cowtailing to these guys...".
Conjures up an image of a line of cows holding one another's tails in their mouths, circus elephant style...with Boehner at the end of the line. Great eggcorn.
Edited to add that "cowtailing" drew plenty of comments from others on the original site.
"Does the staff ever find a need to shoe these parents away?"
Spurious erudition. The correct word seems "too informal", so a more formal but incorrect word is substituted.
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