December 07, 2004

Dander! Dander, Will Robinson!

I became aware of another eggcorn today: "get one's gander up". I guess "dander" is a pretty obscure word if you don't have a cat. Perhaps people who make the mistake are equating "get one's gander" with "get one's attention (negatively)".

Update: Language Log takes on the question of "Whence dander?"

Posted by Francis at 03:58 PM | TrackBack
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Dang, you are so far ahead of me in the race for Language Log name-checks. It all comes of inventing your own word.

Thanks,
-V.

Posted by: Vardibidian at December 10, 2004 02:46 PM