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rrlund

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I just found something called the Eggcorn Database. A list of phrases that have been changed or mangled in modern language,but kind of make sense.
Here's a few of them. I hooked up a link to the rest. Kinda funny.
◾(curled up) in the feeble position see fetal » feeble
◾(ethnic) routes see root » route
◾(go (at it)) hammer and thongs see tongs » thongs
◾... see pidgin » pigeon
◾a hair's breath see breadth » breath
◾a hare's breadth see hair » hare
◾a mood point see moot » mood
◾a mute point see moot » mute
◾a pigment of so.'s imagination see figment » pigment
◾a posable thumb see opposable » a posable
◾a shoe-in see shoo » shoe
◾a shot over the bough see bow » bough
◾a tough road to hoe see row » road
◾above/beyond approach see reproach » approach
◾acorn » eggcorn
◾ad » and
◾ad homonym
Eggcorn database
 
I'm not thinking language has much to do with it. The common denominator in all of those is a lack of education. The people mangling the phrases are illiterate.

Now excuse me while I proof read this post 10 times to make sure I didn't do the same thing
 
I'll bet my old,respected,disliked English teachers are up to about 900 RPM right now!!!!!
RIP Miss Brannah,Miss Jacobs,Mrs Ford and most terrifying,Miss Dorothy Bennett MA,English Department Head.Thank You
 
It is surprising how often people use a phrase without considering it's real meaning or origin.
Considering how much of our population speaks in half words, it is not totally surprising.

Ya no wa i me?
 
Skid row. Should be skid road. The original skid road was in early Seattle where they would skid logs down the hill to the Pioneer Square area where the mills were located.
 
marginal trowel

An old laborer that I worked with was full of malapropisms. He'd have us in stitches every day at lunch. Rest in peace Charlie.
 
(quoted from post at 20:06:17 02/16/14) marginal trowel

An old laborer that I worked with was full of malapropisms. He'd have us in stitches every day at lunch. Rest in peace Charlie.
Click to expand...
A butter knife?
 
But that's a strange one, because the term "skid row" came to mean the derelict section of Seattle (First Ave, at that time- all the guys "on the skids"), and was actually more descriptive than "skid road".
 
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