Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Hello Language Loggers.
About that post, and Mark Liberman's comments upon it.
Having spent a while trying to figure quite what it is that I did wrong, I can now announce that it wasn't a joke (if only it were). I think it was probably the dyslexia kicking in. That, and my laziness in not checking the correct version. I'm now acutely embarrassed.
Sorry for mangling your term.
Egghorn ... eggcorn - let's call the whole thing off.
The panhagglety thing, with the umpteen multiple spellings, was a blatant attempt at boosting search engine hits. Being a Googlewhack can be useful.
Anyway, I hope you'll forgive my error [or my obviously intentional witty subversion. Maybe].
Anyhoo,
About that post, and Mark Liberman's comments upon it.
Having spent a while trying to figure quite what it is that I did wrong, I can now announce that it wasn't a joke (if only it were). I think it was probably the dyslexia kicking in. That, and my laziness in not checking the correct version. I'm now acutely embarrassed.
Sorry for mangling your term.
Egghorn ... eggcorn - let's call the whole thing off.
The panhagglety thing, with the umpteen multiple spellings, was a blatant attempt at boosting search engine hits. Being a Googlewhack can be useful.
Anyway, I hope you'll forgive my error [or my obviously intentional witty subversion. Maybe].
Anyhoo,
Hey, I think you should go with "intentionally witty subversion." I certainly didn't mean to embarrass you -- if I didn't have Geoff Pullum to correct my typos and spelling errors, I'd be at constant risk of mortification myself.
And the panhagglety recipe sounds really good, though I haven't dared to try it yet.
-Mark Liberman
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And the panhagglety recipe sounds really good, though I haven't dared to try it yet.
-Mark Liberman
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