tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432752512801638310.post1537528927692181141..comments2024-02-17T10:38:15.824-06:00Comments on The English Cowpath: Malapropisms, Mondegreens & SpoonerismsStan Hingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206087800986665763noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432752512801638310.post-8746509315063548312018-08-27T13:14:55.395-06:002018-08-27T13:14:55.395-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08662735216764785068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432752512801638310.post-86459140184246532642018-08-27T13:04:17.044-06:002018-08-27T13:04:17.044-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15974384206411384876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432752512801638310.post-74425196300237542992018-08-24T11:38:46.523-06:002018-08-24T11:38:46.523-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357933460302060158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432752512801638310.post-63598859766411909232018-08-23T12:00:28.165-06:002018-08-23T12:00:28.165-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Charles Keehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03996604705442749244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432752512801638310.post-82466954816420831602018-08-21T02:10:36.441-06:002018-08-21T02:10:36.441-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Abirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033049224651154006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432752512801638310.post-5475081885103483932013-02-25T17:20:24.421-06:002013-02-25T17:20:24.421-06:00Word-a-day just did a week on these funny word err...Word-a-day just did a week on these funny word errors.<br />http://wordsmith.org/words/spoonerism.html<br />Here is the end of the week compilation<br />http://wordsmith.org/awad/awadmail556.html<br />and an extra to publish all the mail they got that week <br />http://wordsmith.org/awad/awadmail556-extra.html<br />(my contribution is halfway down Spoonerisms)<br />Stan Hingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903332734512607895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432752512801638310.post-52103988516665471452013-02-02T20:07:54.147-06:002013-02-02T20:07:54.147-06:00Related to malapropisms is the use of a wrong homo...Related to malapropisms is the use of a wrong homonym in writing. If this has its own name, I'm not aware of it. It can be amusing if the homonym used has another but quite different meaning. An example of this was recently brought to my attention (thanks Blog Fodder) "We await 2015 with baited breath." This causes one to wonder with what they were baiting their breath, and just what they expect to catch with it. More often, however, misuse of homonyms is just annoying and reveals ignorance or carelessness of the writer. For example (on a Facebook post) "...your no longer on my friend list"Stan Hingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17206087800986665763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432752512801638310.post-73405906210637584762012-09-12T08:19:45.510-06:002012-09-12T08:19:45.510-06:00Heard another malapropism the other day. A lady wa...Heard another malapropism the other day. A lady was telling me about planting pre-annuals in her garden. I believe she meant perennials.Stan Hingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17206087800986665763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432752512801638310.post-5504431631799042252012-08-05T01:05:10.605-06:002012-08-05T01:05:10.605-06:00Lorne and I used to sing about bringing forth the ...Lorne and I used to sing about bringing forth the the royal duodenum and where angels prostates fall but that was on purpose. <br />Then there was Wolfe the donkless hero from The Maple Leaf Forever.<br />And Round John Virgin from Silent Night.<br />Ev collects the tortured uses of the English language and should have a book when all the guilty parties die off.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com