Coinkydink (Rebroadcast) - 26 June 2023
A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
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The Pronunciation of Coenke Eating
Five-year-old daughter couldn't pronounce the word coincidence. So she said something that sounded closer to coenke eating. It's what we call an intentional malapropism, you know, when somebody just goofs with a word and makes it something that it's not quite exactly like defulgity for difficulty or skedoo leave. You can find coenke Eating in newspapers back to the 1940s.
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