[Theforum] confidentiality of survey results

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Sat Dec 8 11:26:08 CST 2001


> From: Madhu Menon <webguru at vsnl.net>
> 
> Hey Rudy, what's the name for the phenomenon of accidently using
> similar-sounding words e.g., "no" instead of "know", "their" instead
> of "there", even when you *know* the correct usage. I remember reading
> about it somewhere (one of those cognitive science articles), but the
> exact term eludes me.

malapropism?

except malapropism isn't restricted to homophones...





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