Eggcorns

Eggcorns = eggs containing pieces of corn?

An eggcorn is formally described as an idiosyncratic substitution of a word or phrase for a word or words that sound similiar or identical in the speaker's dialect. The new word or phrase produces a new meaning of the intended word.

Do you follow?

Haven't there been times where you realized that you've been pronouncing a word wrong for a good portion of your life or realized that you've been using that word incorrectly for quite some time?

I have!

My eggcorn blooper is the word alienation. It was previously mentioned that we would be concentrating on Hester Prynne and how she suffered from alienation and seclusion throughout this novel in more ways than one. You're probably asking yourself what my eggcorn blooper is, right? Well, that is my blooper -- alienation.

Let me explain.

When I was younger, I always heard others speak about alienation. You all know that alienation means being withdrawn from the world, being alone, and/or left alone to your own thoughts. Pretty self-explanatory. When I was younger I thought that alienation actually meant...

"Alien-nation".

Yes, I thought that when one was alienated that one found themselves in an alien-nation; something out of this world. Back to earth! For this novel, we are referring to the common definition of alienation, not mine. Has there ever been a time where you've been guilty of using an 'eggcorn' or heard someone else make a blooper? Give me an example of a time where you or someone you know has been guilty of using an 'eggcorn'.