viernes, 28 de marzo de 2008

Word of the month: eggcorns

EGGCORNS are words or phrases which have been coined mistakenly, often due to an incorrect guess as to how a word is spelled, but one which makes some kind of sense. For example, Old-Timer's Disease for Alzheimer's Disease. (THANKS TO http://www.phrases.org.uk/ )
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