Talk:hypercorrect

Previous "written Cockney" example

(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)

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

strange prefix

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)