eggcorn

Summary

eggcorn ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (706 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• eggcorn is credited with the discovery of Geoffrey K. Pullum^[2].
• eggcorn is credited with the discovery of Mark Liberman^[3].
• acorn is named after eggcorn^[4].
• eggcorn's subclass of is recorded as word or phrase^[5].
• eggcorn's subclass of is recorded as phono-semantic matching^[6].
• eggcorn's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/050clb^[7].
• eggcorn's different from is recorded as mondegreen^[8].
• eggcorn's different from is recorded as folk etymology^[9].
• eggcorn's different from is recorded as pun^[10].
• eggcorn's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00630274n^[11].
• eggcorn's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777004342^[12].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Geoffrey K. Pullum^[2], a linguist^[13], b. 1945^[14], of United States^[15], awarded the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award^[16], specialised in linguistics^[17] and Mark Liberman^[3], a linguist^[18], b. 1947^[19], of United States^[20], awarded the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science^[21], specialised in linguistics^[22].

Why It Matters

eggcorn ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (706 views/month).^[1] eggcorn has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23]