this week's theme: words having to do with errors
noun
In linguistics, an eggcorn is an idiosyncratic substitution of a word or phrase for a word or words that sound similar or identical in the speaker's dialect. The new phrase introduces a meaning that is different from the original, but plausible in the same context ("old-timers' disease" for "Alzheimer's disease"). This is as opposed to a malapropism, where the substitution creates a nonsensical phrase. Classical malapropisms generally derive their comic effect from the fault of the user, whilst eggcorns are errors that exhibit creativity or logic.[1] Eggcorns often involve replacing an unfamiliar, archaic, or obscure word with a more common or modern word ("baited breath" for "bated breath").[2]
Quote of the Week: “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Website of the Week: Liveplasma
American Literature:
1. Livejournal #2 due; In-class reading day
2. Read Chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby
3./4. Write your imposter sentence forThe Great Gatsby; type your passage exactly; add your sentence; make sure that there are no typos or grammatical errors; send an e-mail to me (dkidd@norfolkacademy.org) with your imposter paragraph; send also a second paragraph (in the same e-mail) with the imposter sentence in bold;
5. Fine Arts Day
6. Reading Quiz; Read "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
Southern Literature and Culture
1. Read through Chapter 12 in Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina, p. 193; In-Class Reading Day! Bring your southern book!
2. Read through Chapter 15 in Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina, p. 226
3./4. Read Chapter 18, p. 263 in Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
5. Read through Chapter 20 in Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina, p. 291
Upcoming Dates:
April 22: Blues Group Presents; Country Group provides Breakfast!
April 30: Country Group Presents; Blues Group provides BBQ!
noun
In linguistics, an eggcorn is an idiosyncratic substitution of a word or phrase for a word or words that sound similar or identical in the speaker's dialect. The new phrase introduces a meaning that is different from the original, but plausible in the same context ("old-timers' disease" for "Alzheimer's disease"). This is as opposed to a malapropism, where the substitution creates a nonsensical phrase. Classical malapropisms generally derive their comic effect from the fault of the user, whilst eggcorns are errors that exhibit creativity or logic.[1] Eggcorns often involve replacing an unfamiliar, archaic, or obscure word with a more common or modern word ("baited breath" for "bated breath").[2]
Website of the Week: Liveplasma
American Literature:
1. Livejournal #2 due; In-class reading day
2. Read Chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby
3./4. Write your imposter sentence forThe Great Gatsby; type your passage exactly; add your sentence; make sure that there are no typos or grammatical errors; send an e-mail to me (dkidd@norfolkacademy.org) with your imposter paragraph; send also a second paragraph (in the same e-mail) with the imposter sentence in bold;
5. Fine Arts Day
6. Reading Quiz; Read "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
Southern Literature and Culture
1. Read through Chapter 12 in Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina, p. 193; In-Class Reading Day! Bring your southern book!
2. Read through Chapter 15 in Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina, p. 226
3./4. Read Chapter 18, p. 263 in Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
5. Read through Chapter 20 in Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina, p. 291
Upcoming Dates:
April 22: Blues Group Presents; Country Group provides Breakfast!
April 30: Country Group Presents; Blues Group provides BBQ!
