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Aural equivalents of these trompes l'oeil are socalled oronyms— trompes l'oreille —which Pinker describes in Language Instinct (New York, 1994, p. 188), citing such examples as, The stuffy nose can lead to problems The stuff he knows...; It's a doggy-dog world It's a dog-eat-dog world; A girl with colitis goes by A girl with kaleidoscope eyes (Beatles' song); Gladly the cross-eyed bear Gladly the cross I'd bear (traditional Christian hymn).
Fo Er Si Guo Er and The Cross-Eyed Bear (or: OfOronyms and Other Literary Trompes l'Oeil/Oreille)
Others have entered English through French ( Bois Brûlé, Coeur d'Alêne, Gros Ventre, Huron, Loucheux, Nez Percé, Pend d'Oreille ) and Spanish (Guapo, Laguna, Manso, Orejón, Seminole, Tonto) .