tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post2205296039304342473..comments2023-10-25T02:16:28.192-06:00Comments on Ryan's linguistics blog: an eggcorn and a spelling pronunciationRyan Denzer-Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015316224715016479noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-54509035183299069272011-02-17T10:22:38.355-07:002011-02-17T10:22:38.355-07:00Oh, freaking awesome! Love that COCA site!Oh, freaking awesome! Love that COCA site!Michael Tysonhttp://mtheads.typepad.com/10kmarathonswim/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-82683716562910868542011-02-16T12:29:05.452-07:002011-02-16T12:29:05.452-07:00Yep, "would of" is very common, since &q...Yep, "would of" is very common, since "would have" is typically reduced, neutralizing the phonetic difference between "would of" and "would have". That would be a pronunciation spelling rather than an eggcorn, since "would of" doesn't make more sense than "would have".<br /><br />COCA is the Corpus of Contemporary American English.Ryan Denzer-Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015316224715016479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-41864728269590413842011-02-16T11:41:19.481-07:002011-02-16T11:41:19.481-07:00What about the infamous "would of" versu...What about the infamous "would of" versus "would have"? <br /><br />And what is that search engine you're talking about? The one with the C?Michael Tysonhttp://mtheads.typepad.com/10kmarathonswim/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-2274293035648307682011-01-30T10:06:29.337-07:002011-01-30T10:06:29.337-07:00Of course, many speakers have different vowels in ...Of course, many speakers have different vowels in "half" and "have". This includes not only all of England and the Southern hemisphere, but also some speakers on the East coast of the US with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_English_short_A#.C3.A6-tensing" rel="nofollow">æ-tensing</a>.<br /><br />I personally always retain a voiced /v/ in "have", but this seems an extreme rarity for my age-group (late thirties).vphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647609487352038948noreply@blogger.com