A comedy sketch about eggcorns and malapropisms - expressions in English where people often mishear one of the words and then continue to say the wrong version.

The song was inspired by @DavidBennettPiano 's excellent video on Japan's favourite chord progression    • Japan's favourite chord progression a...  


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"Doggy-dog World" words and music Dave Huxtable 2022. Performed by Dave Huxtable

00:00 What's an eggcorn?
00:16 Acorn
00:38 To all intents and purposes
01:01 Damp squib
01:34 Duct tape
01:58 Duck tape
02:27 Prima donna
02:45 Biding my time/ take for granted
02:56 Dog-eat-dog world