Talk:Eggcorn

message: : For the previous, now archived, list of suggested examples, see Talk:Eggcorn/Archive 6#Debate / defend / reject / submit examples here (old)
Note: Suggestions here that don't quote a reliable source can't be considered for inclusion on this page
* Take for granite (take for granted) https://grammarist.com/eggcorns/take-for-granted-or-take-for-granite/ or https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/pardon-the-expression/take-for-granted-vs-take-for-granite/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.213.32.199 (talk) 23:40, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: How about:
*"step foot in", for "set foot in"
*"under weigh" for "under way" or "underway" Kanjuzi (talk) 08:49, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Added by User:Bremps 15 December 2022‎. Cnilep (talk) 06:44, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

text: I think it's fairly reasonable. Marshall could mean "arrange or assemble (a group of people, especially soldiers) in order.", which would have plenty to do the suspension of ordinary civilian law. Can also refer to the head of the police department. It would be kind of plausible if it was actually spelt "marshall law".  Bremps 06:48, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to sleep soon, so I may respond in the morning.  Bremps 06:50, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

text: Can you quote a reliable source? See note at top. MichaelMaggs (talk) 20:21, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Debate / defend / reject / submit examples here 

message: Hello, I was editing the lede to replace one of the given examples with the eponymous one, so that it would be explained in a preview (without needing to read the whole article). I accidentally submitted the change before putting an edit summary. Please consider unreverting the change. Cerulean Depths (talk) 00:29, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit to lede 

message: It's a thing Canadians call colored pencils (example: "She memorized every pencil-crayon color in the box" from "Life, in a Nutshell" by Barenaked Ladies) because their boxes of Crayola colored pencils say "PENCIL/CRAYON" ("crayon" being French for "pencil") on them. Not quite a malapropism like the other eggcorns on the page, but a similar phenomenon in that it's an apropos term borne out of a misunderstanding. Octan (talk) 01:21, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: No, an eggcorn depends on mishearing or reinterpreting pronunciation. For example, the word eggcorn presumably results from the similar sound of /ɛɡ+kɔɹn/ (egg corn) and /eɪ.kɚn/ (acorn). If pencil-crayon results from reinterpreting the bilingual written form "PENCIL/CRAYON" as a single English word, then that is a different type of reinterpretation. In both cases there is a meaning component (acorns are shaped a bit like eggs; colored pencils are used similarly to wax crayons), but the misunderstanding comes from a different domain. Cnilep (talk) 03:31, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does "pencil-crayon" count? 

message: Several items in the article currently are cited to a 2015 NPR "Two-Way" post by Mark Memmott. According to the piece, "On Saturday, we asked folks to send us examples of the "eggcorns" they love or hate. [...] we've put together a list of the 100 that were either mentioned often or just made us smile."
This strikes me as something close to the user-generated content that is usually unacceptable. Unlike, say, Reddit or (the site previously known as) Twitter, Memmott and whoever else "we" refers to probably exercised some editorial judgement over the list. But they claim no expertise on the subject, and included examples that made them smile. It seems to me that eighteen examples is more than enough to illustrate the point, so that removing those five more won't negatively effect the article. Cnilep (talk) 06:58, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, agreed. Eighteen examples is indeed plenty. MichaelMaggs (talk) 09:11, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

text: They also include examples which don't seem to be eggcorns at all, like (from just the first page) agreeance and callapitter. The source seems to fail WP:RSEDITORIAL for linguistics. Belbury (talk) 11:07, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed them. Cnilep (talk) 05:38, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Memmott 2015 user-generated content?