tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post5456592546270388577..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): "Hypercorrection" explainedMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-5525848530924321972022-12-07T09:54:11.672-06:002022-12-07T09:54:11.672-06:00A great example can be found in Terry Pratchett...A great example can be found in Terry Pratchett's works (Unseen Academicals iirc) where a washerwoman goes out of her way to speak as poshly as she can, paying special attention to dropped haitches. She ends up over doing it, saying things like "Hi Have a Hidea..."Abiehttps://octodon.social/@temptoetiamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-58128125007928993812022-12-05T16:37:13.203-06:002022-12-05T16:37:13.203-06:00Yes!! That one too.Yes!! That one too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-15509639929696964182022-12-03T10:32:05.335-06:002022-12-03T10:32:05.335-06:00Would you consider the term "conversate"...Would you consider the term "conversate" as in "we really need to conversate about that topic." a sort of hypercorrection? It always makes me cringe when I hear it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-10238765113884499712022-12-02T16:41:18.087-06:002022-12-02T16:41:18.087-06:00I wish to die in a polite way.I wish to die in a polite way.WilliamRockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06353376414079333348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-22432867568997204082022-12-02T13:01:54.726-06:002022-12-02T13:01:54.726-06:00In the 1960s, Target began as a low-priced budget ...In the 1960s, Target began as a low-priced budget items spin-off from a semi-ritzy Dayton's department store in Minneapolis. Back then I heard my cousins refer to the store (it wasn't even a chain then) with a French accent as "tar-gjey." Not sure whether that qualifies as a hypercorrection, since it arose intentionally out of amusement rather than accidentally from linguistic confusion.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-71611753810401993932022-12-02T11:47:47.907-06:002022-12-02T11:47:47.907-06:00One example I've heard of is the substitution ...One example I've heard of is the substitution of "terlet" for "toilet." (I can't recall hearing this for many years, although my Minnesotan grandfather used to say it as a joke quite often.) Since the old New York accent ("goil" instead of "girl") was considered lower class, speakers hypercorrected away from the "oi" sound, even in words that possessed it legitimately.Jeffohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989946392105339862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-71184712633310359642022-12-01T17:42:33.486-06:002022-12-01T17:42:33.486-06:00The second would be the non-reflexive use of "...The second would be the non-reflexive use of "myself" as in "Tom and myself decided to go and visit the Queen"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-68332870776471606382022-12-01T15:28:54.632-06:002022-12-01T15:28:54.632-06:00If I remember correctly, Mildred in Of Human Bonda...If I remember correctly, Mildred in Of Human Bondage, is a good example of a character making full use of hypercorrection. Crowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615681320852482003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-77455136780605220062022-12-01T15:14:42.007-06:002022-12-01T15:14:42.007-06:00I think the most common hypercorrection must be th...I think the most common hypercorrection must be the use of “I” in a sentence like “The Queen visited your mother and I in the hospital.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com