Talk:hypercorrect

Latest comment: 6 years ago by ScratchMarshall in topic strange prefix

Previous "written Cockney" example

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(was this: The often exaggerated addition of /h/ before words like "out" in written Cockney is a hypercorrect affectation.)

So if I'm writing something in "Cockney", and I write "hout" instead of "out" because that's the way I think they say it, I'm being hypercorrect? Or is it my imaginary Cockney who is being hypercorrect? Siuenti (talk) 23:28, 29 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

OK gone now, but it was interesting anyway. Siuenti (talk) 18:05, 31 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

strange prefix

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Given the definition wouldn't pseudocorrect make more sense? What is the etymology here? Is it based in sarcasm (ie hyper meaning you're so corrective that you're wrong) like sophist ? ScratchMarshall (talk) 18:25, 21 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

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