The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• It will give comfort to would-be euro counterfeiters in the 11 nations adopting the new coins and notes from January 1 2002, and is likely to embarrass the European commission and the European central bank, both keen to be seen to be doing their upmost to guard against the risk of fraud. (Andrew Osborn in The Guardian, Aug 30, 2000)
• The important thing was that both teams truly captured the Olympic spirit in fighting for supremacy for every second of the match, but displaying the upmost respect for each other after the final whistle. (Allon Sinai in The Jerusalem Post, Aug 24, 2008)
• Looking ahead to the game Head Coach, Shaun Edwards, said, “We have the up most respect for our opponents Edinburgh and we will be taking a strong team up there on Saturday ready for a highly competitive game. […]” (lions-tour.com, Aug 22, 2008)
• The Sportsplex does the upmost best to offer programs that are requested by the community such as the Hockey School, Ladies Hockey School and Power Skating and so forth. (Clearwater Times (BCLocalNews.com), Aug 18, 2008)
• Our games are always changing and are all designed to provide the upmost of fun. (Stourbridge News, Aug 21, 2008)

Spotted in the wild:

• Yes make sure your child becomes a social leopard and a complete idiot, because you have some unsubstantiated fear that they will go to hell. (Yahoo! Answers, Aug 2008 (approx.))
• People who have been adopted or are in foster care should not be treated as a social leopard. (Search Your Love online dating, article, Aug 29, 2007)

Spotted in the wild:

• One good system involves using standardized cards for different symptoms: fever, diarrhea, abdominal pains, conjunctivitis, cough, lower limp edema, dyspnea, hepatomegaly, cripitations heard during auscultation of the lungs, etc. (World Health Organziation: Medical Care for the Internally Displaced People in West Darfur State, (undated, ca 2004))
• My mother has extreme Limp edema in her legs and she is unable to walk. (Carepathways (Q&A section), January 9, 2003)
• Other clients with arthritis, allergies, limp edema, neuralgia and other symptoms have experienced relief and benefits with multiple treatments. (Innate Chiropractic (company web site), undated)

Spotted in the wild:

• I remember walking through Jerusalem with him as we absorbed the aromas of the streets, down the Via de la Rosa we went. (Search Light Ministries newsletter, 2004)
• Red roses did not line the Villa de la Rosa as Jesus walked the streets to Calvary; Hearts and balloons did not display a welcoming for this mighty King, He bore thorns of injustice, hate, and sin upon His brow. (Swampland.com)
• At Nazareth, Jesus was unable to do all that He would have wanted. And on that terrible and glorious day when He walked the Via De La Rosa, He cried out to a city that He wanted to Save, but “you would not have it”… (The Bible NETWork, Aug 23, 2006)
• For Palestinians of Jerusalem, getting a personal ID, which ought to be a simple affair, has become the new via de la Rosa. (Counterpunch, August 9, 2003)

Spotted in the wild:

• “Or, is there a hidden agenda that is only now beginning to reveal itself and reel its ugly head?” (Michnews.com via Reason Magazine, Jan. 20, 2004)
• Bradbury’s most popular novel still resonates today as anti-intellectualism once again reels its ugly head. (Vue Weekly, Feb. 24, 2005)
• As much as I want to disagree (guns-blazing, intellectual warfare imagery abounds), realpolitik reels its ugly head. (Ben Wyatt, Mar. 24, 2006)
• That social system that appeared to be encouraging in the beginning, reeled its head and became an area of destruction. (Gabriel Zeigler, Dec. 9, 2006)
• Desperation is reeling its ugly head. (CNN Political Ticker comment, May 22, 2008)
• ROMNEY’S INNER JACKASS REELS ITS HEAD AGAIN (TPM Cafe Reader Post, June 26, 2008)