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jes5199 on June 22, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Eggcorn Database

it took me a long time to realize that you have to say “eggcorn” with a west coast accent to make it sound anything like “acorn”

31337Logic on June 22, 2024 [–]

Where I live, the pronunciation of both these words is indistinguishable.

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