MALAPROPS

After reading the EGGCORNS article, Les asked, "So what's the difference between EGGCORNS, MALAPROPS and ORONYMS?"

MALAPROP (definition from Dictionary.com): "the unintentional misusing of a word by confusion with one which sounds similar." (Named for the character Mrs. Malaprop in Richard Sheridan's play The Rivals (from Mrs. Malaprop: ""Promise to forget this fellow--to illiterate him; I say, quite from your memory.")

HOMOPHONE (definition from Dictionary.com): "one or two or more words pronounced alike but with different meanings or spelling." (to, too, two).

ORONYM (definition from Dictionary.com): oronyms are usually strings of words which sound similar when spoken ("Some others I've seen" or "Some mothers I've seen").

He answered, "What about SPOONERISMS?" (CLICK HERE to see my BLOG article!)