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Mondegreens, Malapropisms, Spoonerisms and Eggcorns

posted July 16, 2008 - 9:29pm
Mondegreens, Malapropisms, Spoonerisms and Eggcorns

I am currently reading a hysterical book call Barman: Ping Pong, Pathos and Passing the Bar by Alex Wellen and it's full of intentional malapropisms.

While I know what malapropisms and spoonerisms are, I was shaky on mondegreens and never heard of eggcorns.

This is a fun review of these spoken twists of language that we all experience from time to time.


Website: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/spoonerisms-m...


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