The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• Flying Your Flag Half Mass
  When you are on the court and tragedy strikes or some unexpected disturbing event leaves you injured to the very core, you must step back and allow yourself to feel the pain. It is time to fly your flag at half mass. (DesignerLife Learning Cafe)
• The flag is flown at half mass, or in the middle of the flagpole, on Memorial Day. People do that to honor those Americans who died fighting for their country. (link)
• Has anyone been to Disney since the attack on the USA? I keep receiving e-mails that Disney refuses to fly flags at half mass. (The Magical Mouse forum, September 19, 2001)
• […]
  The book you have written and passed to your troops
  Is missing some lines and some very big loops
  A country in morning for loved ones that past
  A country that stands by its flag at half mass
  […] (Sgt. Moms)
• the flag flew at half-mass today
  to cover the scars, to cover the pain
  all the heads are hung in shame
  the flag flew at half-mass today
  […] (Almost Smart, Writer's Forum, Jan 24, 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• “The dye is cast. The people will speak and I am hoping that the outcome will be an MDC victory,” he told reporters. (CNN, March 31, 2005)
• Once the PR and marketing dye is cast, what’s a creative person to do? (OzOnline)
• There are dead suns, smoldering suns, and lit suns, and the dye is cast in this matter when the suns are first formed. (ZetaTalk, Jul 15, 1995)
• No, the media will make sure that the public knows good and well who Wes Clark is by the time the dye is cast. (Pipeline, blog entry, September 16, 2003)

Spotted in the wild:

• “If money was no option: I would still be doing what I’m doing: being a singer, a performer, an entertainer.” (link)
• “What would you be eating for dinner if money was no option?” (link)
• “money is no option here, i dont care how much it costs, i want her to have a great night.” (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• “There are zillions of SPAM concoctions on the internet - everything from Rack of Spam to Spammus to Spam soup. But all-be-darned if I couldnt find one for SPAM cake.” (E-mail to Jeff Shaumeyer, quoted on his blog (bearcastle.com/blog/).)
• “…you know, all be darned, I have never seen that before. never. I know the rule, … I’ve known it all My Life, and all be darned, there it Is.” (link)
• “… well all be darned if that didnt work!!! Thx alot!!!! not understanding how it is working cause line 28 and 29 are the else statements for setting the …” (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• Unlike Soderbergh’s Traffic, whose compelling characters sometimes get short shift in favor of examining the drug trade in as many ways possible, Last Resort takes care to always put the story first. (The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, Feb. 22, 2001)
• Teachers encouraged her to go to stage school, but her father pulled her out after three months because “nobody else in the community sent their daughters there”. Ballet lessons, too, got short shift. (The Guardian, Aug. 21, 2003)
• There’s another problem — because of the rise of the hip-ness of American bands, British indie-bands are getting the short-shift. (The Stanford Daily Online, Oct. 3, 2003)
• Sometimes restaurants that specialize in beef give short shift to the other menu choices, but that’s not the case at Rio Chama. (Albuquerque Journal, Aug. 12, 2005)