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Emma_H
Is "breakfirst" right? Is it the same meaning as "breakfast"?
29 mrt. 2013 07:53
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There is no word "breakfirst". The only correct word for the morning meal is "breakfast".
29 maart 2013
This is an example of what is sometimes called an 'eggcorn'. It is a word that seems to make sense because it sounds like what we are trying to say. But it is mistaken.
e.g.
'old timer's disease' instead of 'Alzheimer's disease'
'eggcorn' instead of 'acorn'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
29 maart 2013
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Emma_H
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Chinees (Mandarijn), Engels
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