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Eggcorn Forum / 'waste side' for 'wayside' 4 posts - 4 authors - Last post: Feb 8, 2008to attempt to maintain or increase the pool of eligible applicants for admissions, admit them, and then have them fall by the waste side. ... 2.
Eggcorn Forum / unlightly for unlikely There are 1150 Google hits for “unlightly”, and in the first few pages it is mostly doing service for “unlikely” (there are 86 hits for “in the unlightly ... 3.
The Eggcorn Database » gaul Googling on “unmitigated gaul” yields a fair number of legitimate examples, plus lots of entertaining deliberate plays on words. ... 4.
Eggcorn Forum / Texanisms 4 posts - 4 authors - Last post: Apr 11, 2007Texanisms. my texan boyfriend continually speaks in eggcorns – although ... Re: Texanisms. I don’t think your example really qualifies as an ... 5.
Eggcorn Forum / 'giga counter' for Geiger Counter' 2 posts - 2 authors - Last post: Sep 24, 2007The Geiger counter was invented by a physicist named Hans Geiger. since ‘giga-’ is a numerical prefix, it comvbines well, if speciously with ... 6.
The Eggcorn Database » on, in The word “route” ‘way, road, course’ has been around in English since the 13th century, and has the same meaning (and spelling) outside the ... 7.
Eggcorn Forum / "buoy knife" for "Bowie knife" 2 posts - 2 authors - Last post: Sep 10, 2006"buoy knife" for "Bowie knife". If I understand it right, the difference between an eggcorn and a mere malapropism lies in whether the ... 8.
Eggcorn Forum / "to no prevail" Re: "to no prevail". I think it’s just a garden-variety malapropism. ... Re: "to no prevail". Usually malapropisms have a completely ludicrous sense to them ... 9.
The Eggcorn Database » auger “First and foremost, it doesn’t auger well for the state of science education in the United States.” (California Wild: The Magazine of the ... 10.
Eggcorn Forum / "stocking horse" for "stalking horse" 1 post - 1 author - Last post: Jan 8, 2007I just logged on to post “stocking horse,” only to see that you just posted “stalking feet.” Nice to have you back! ... |
