Here Are 100 'Eggcorns' That We Say Pass Mustard

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Here Are 100 'Eggcorns' That We Say Pass Mustard

By Mark Memmott

Published June 1, 2015 at 1:53 PM EDT

If you think the English language is going to hell in a handbag, you won't be happy as a clown after you're done reading this post.

On Saturday, they love or hate. An eggcorn, as we reported and as Merriam-Webster puts it, is "a word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase."

Here's a common one: saying "all intensive purposes" when you mean "all intents and purposes."

Having read several thousand suggestions sent in via email, Twitter, Facebook and The Two-Way's comment section, we've put together a list of the 100 that were either mentioned often or just made us smile.

, and we will embed it below. To all those who got in touch: Thank you! If you want to check out the other "Word Matters" discussions we've had on Weekend Edition Saturday, .

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Here Are 100 'Eggcorns' That We Say Pass Mustard