Lingua Fractured
Nothing gets by Wikipedia.
Did you too notice Michael Richards referred to African-Americans as "Afro-Americans," during his apology, on Letterman?
Nothing gets by Wikipedia.
Did you too notice Michael Richards referred to African-Americans as "Afro-Americans," during his apology, on Letterman?
An unfortunate malapropism.
I shouldn’t throw stones: I’m a lazy linguist and I admit to being malapropiately-inclined. Or, am I suffering from too much eggcorn, served with a side of mondegreens? It’s all lingusitical linguine.
update: check out the Lost Seinfeld episode.
4 Comments:
Hey, thanks for 'eggcorn' -- I didn't know that one.
In return, have you heard of 'snowclones'?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone
Mondegreens -- I was bitterly disappointed to discover that the adjective "forspacious" (like forgotten) was a mondegreen. I prefer the "forspacious skies" to rather dull reality.
Disappointed? As in doughnuts make your brown eyes blue?
Dang. I got the Archie Bunker card game for xmas one year. That picture brought back memories.
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