Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 ‘Eggcorns,’ and other incorrect homophones Last column, we talked about a bumper crop of “acorns.” This time, it’s a bumper crop of “eggcorns.” We have not discussed “eggcorns” for a few years, so a refresher is in order. As we wrote in 2013, an “eggcorn” is a misheard word for “acorn”—and, by extension, an incorrect homophone. We wrote about them […] Merrill Perlman
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