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jrtomThe Eggcorn Database
Interesting stuff. The one that's surprised me most, so far, is "be who of" (that is, what "behoove" becomes in the mouths of the confused).
This site collects unusual spellings of a particular kind, which have come to be called eggcorns. Typical examples include free reign (instead of free rein) or hone in on (instead of home in on), and many more or less common reshapings of words and expressions: a word or part of a word is semantically reanalyzed, and the spelling reflects the new interpretation.
Interesting stuff. The one that's surprised me most, so far, is "be who of" (that is, what "behoove" becomes in the mouths of the confused).
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Wow...
Date: 23 October 2005 15:52 (UTC)Astonishing.