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OUPblog » Blog Archive » Shifting Idioms: An Eggcornucopia
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bgzimmer
Ben Zimmer
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Linguists are more likely to think of eggcorns as "tiny little poems," not signs of the apocalypse
11/20/2010
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westendwhingers
WestEndWhingers
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In 65% of cases it is "shoo in"
http://bit.ly/aUhCMu
09/01/2010
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@MarianDougan
: "Shoe-in" is a classic
#eggcorn
http://bit.ly/aUhCMu
(inspired this ABC News seg)
08/09/2010
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theloneolive
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fascinating language play w/
@bgzimmer
http://bit.ly/aUhCMu
(post inspired this ABC News segment:
http://bit.ly/c8BYs4
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08/09/2010
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bgzimmer
Ben Zimmer
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@MarianDougan
: "Shoe-in" is a classic
#eggcorn
http://bit.ly/aUhCMu
(That post inspired this ABC News segment:
http://bit.ly/c8BYs4
)
08/08/2010
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