tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post4854746605915678325..comments2023-12-22T04:42:24.341-05:00Comments on Wishydig: Oftly ambiguousWishydighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06141057866370676641noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-54710967995852219632010-02-26T00:32:13.386-05:002010-02-26T00:32:13.386-05:00anon: you do realize that the 'misspelling'...anon: you do realize that the 'misspelling' of 'awfully' was was the point of the post, right?<br /><br />perhaps i should have been clearer about what an eggcorn is (altho i'm not sure this is one). an eggcorn is a morphological reanalysis of a word based on a similar phonetic alternative that provides different but feasible semantics.<br /><br />the question of the post is compound: 1) is it possible that the only thing that changes is the spelling, and the meaning is completely untouched? if not 2) how likely is it that 'oftly' is intended to mean "often" in these sentences and 3) how likely is it that those who use 'oftly' hear 'awfully' and believe they are hearing 'oftly'?<br /><br />noting that it's a figure of speech doesn't really address these questions.Wishydighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141057866370676641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-28031174620282835302010-02-25T23:50:51.771-05:002010-02-25T23:50:51.771-05:00haha sorry guys i didnt take the time to read the ...haha sorry guys i didnt take the time to read the comments but 'oftly' is actually spelled 'awfully' it's a figure of speechAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-72707859459128585872007-11-08T18:58:00.000-05:002007-11-08T18:58:00.000-05:00innocent by-standardhttp://eggcorns.lascribe.net/f...innocent by-standard<BR/><BR/>http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=3511Dr. Ploughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340282382225642710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27807460.post-11042915227294533332007-11-06T19:06:00.000-05:002007-11-06T19:06:00.000-05:00All I can think to say it, "do you mean 'orphan, a...All I can think to say it, "do you mean 'orphan, a person who has lost his parents' or 'often, frequently'?"<BR/><BR/>(Which never made any sense to me as a kid in a rhotic dialect, by the way.)The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.com