| 1. | However, each of these has a folk etymology and an additional meaning.
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| 2. | Folk etymology is a productive process in historical linguistics and language change.
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| 3. | "Shengxun " can be highly fanciful, and often results in folk etymology.
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| 4. | :Folk etymology is a very well defined academic concept in linguistics.
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| 5. | His reluctance supports a theory about folk etymology suggested by Kidwell.
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| 6. | There are several folk etymologies for " Pommy " or " Pom ".
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| 7. | To spell it damn, Schur holds, " is an error of folk etymology.
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| 8. | In that regard, all the meanings of Jerusalem are " folk etymologies ".
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| 9. | These folk etymologies, though embraced enthusiastically by its people and city leaders, are unverifiable.
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| 10. | :Because incorrect folk etymologies accumulate around works like " spork,"
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