[Theforum] confidentiality of survey results
rudy
r937 at interlog.com
Sat Dec 8 12:01:43 CST 2001
> 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",
and my favourite -- "your" instead of "you're" and vice versa
> even when you *know* the correct usage.
ah, but often, the person doesn't ;o)
i did a quick search on google and right near the top of the results was
this page, which i had never been to before, but which i suspect is gonna
kill off the best part of my saturday --
THE ALT.USAGE.ENGLISH FAQ FILE
http://www.english-usage.com/faq.html
just a quick skim shows a motherlode of topics, including
"could care less"
"more/most/very unique"
"that" vs "which"
and
What is "ghoti"?
(which i remember from public school)
but alas, nothing that i could see about the name for our homophonic
misspellings...
ah, here it is -- "confusables"
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/notorious.htm
rudy
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