Episode 30: Eggcorns! (with special guest Geoffrey Pullum)

from The Common Errors in English Usage Podcast · host Paul Brians

This week we discuss a kind of error known as an eggcorn. The term was coined by Geoffrey Pullum, who explains. After that, Paul Brians runs down some examples from Common Errors in English Usage. Subscribe on iTunes Download mp3 Links: The Eggcorn Database Egg corns: folk etymology, malapropism, mondegreen, ??? Far from the Madding … Continue reading Episode 30: Eggcorns! (with special guest Geoffrey Pullum)

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