Jim has recently become enameled with Eggcorns. I'm still attempting to distinguish them from malapropisms and puns...
BrainTwister #81: Consecutive squares
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From New Scientist #3551, 12th July 2025 [link] [link] Can you find three
consecutive positive numbers such that the square of the first plus the
square of...
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Enameled! Nice one! I hadn't heard the term Eggcorn before, but it's a good one. I notice people going to "see the sites" at times, and "peaking" into things.
Very funny, are you sure Jim isn't creating a new language? Maybe he needs to get out and talk with more people? Hhehheee
I'm not sure if I can tell the difference between eggcorns and malapropisms either - but I have to admit, I usually enjoy almost any kind of wordplay.
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