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Gadol vowel, is
rendered as /o/ in both pronunciations. This
leads to
hypercorrections in both directions. The
consistent pronunciation of all
forms of qamatz...
- mother-in-law.
Hypercorrection is
defined by
Wolfram as "the use of
speech form on the
basis of
false analogy."
DeCamp defines hypercorrection in a more precise...
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author of The
Columbia Guide to
Standard American English (1993), says
hypercorrections are "the new
mistakes we make in the
effort to
avoid old ones", and...
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German legions including 'XVIII PR' –
surely here the stonecutter's
hypercorrection for IIXX PR. Gachard, M. (1862). "II.
Analectes historiques, neuvième...
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instead of "He gave the ball to Bob and me". This is
often called a
hypercorrection,
since it is
perceived as
related to
avoidance of the
stigmatized incorrect...
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Hypercorrection is the
higher likelihood of
correcting a
general knowledge error when
originally certain that the
information they
understand is accurate...
- from OE hūs-wīf 'house-wife' >
hussif (> 'hussy') > LME house-wife.
Hypercorrections may also
become established in a language,
leading to a
further kind...
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Zabaione (Italian: [dzabaˈjoːne]) or,
through hypercorrection,
zabaglione (UK: /ˌzæbəlˈjoʊni/, US: /ˌzɑːb-/; Italian: [dzabaʎˈʎoːne]) is an
Italian dessert...
- foot–strut split, an
attempt to use /ɑː/ in an RP-like way may lead to
hypercorrections such as [ˌbɫɑːk ˈkʰasɫ] (RP [ˌblak ˈkʰɑːsɫ]). The
words book, cook...
- amuse-bouche is not even
listed in most dictionaries,
being a
euphemistic hypercorrection that
appeared in the 1980s on
restaurant menus and used
almost only...
