Home » Segments » Play it By Ear or Year?

Play it By Ear or Year?

Play episode

Jack in Spokane, Washington, wonders which phrase is correct when talking about improvising: play it by ear or play it by year? Although play it by ear is the original version and by far the most common one, play it by year sounds plausible enough to some people that it has become that oddity linguists call an eggcorn. This is part of a complete episode.

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

More from this show

Recent posts

Segments