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Topic	Forum	Replies	Last post
"Karma sutra" for "Kama sutra" by mollymooly	Contribute!	8	2020-03-19 07:44:26 by ElenaMassageImmub
Things you read and understood but mispronounced in your mind by JonW719 [ 1 2 3 … 7 ]	Slips, innovations and reshapings	156	2019-07-02 11:47:54 by kem
Safe Deposit Box/Safety Deposit Box by Craig C Clarke	Contribute!	9	2019-06-24 09:07:51 by Peter Forster
'plough their trade" for "ply their trade" by terrycollmann	Contribute!	11	2018-01-15 10:09:56 by kem
Students' accounts of history: eggcorns, malapropisms, etc. by jorkel	Contribute!	6	2017-11-13 03:26:08 by Dixon Wragg
Grammar-based reshapings by jorkel	Slips, innovations and reshapings	9	2017-04-08 18:53:24 by Dixon Wragg
Hmm, wasn't quite sure where to fit this - feels like a suggestion... by Techwreck [ 1 2 ]	Soapbox	39	2016-10-31 12:35:04 by yanogator
Barberry, Chestnut, Parsley Piert, Tangle by kem	Contribute!	4	2016-05-04 10:03:12 by kem
"vaulted opinion" for "vaunted opinion" by patschwieterman	Slips, innovations and reshapings	11	2016-01-20 15:39:09 by David Bird
New variation on hair/harebrained? by kchildress1	Contribute!	8	2015-11-06 21:54:00 by DavidTuggy
"sell speech" vs "sales pitch" by AdamVero	Contribute!	2	2015-07-11 11:42:49 by kem
On a tandem by daveh	Contribute!	3	2015-07-10 05:45:26 by AdamVero
fossil fuels, mammoth, undertaker by kem	Slips, innovations and reshapings	10	2014-12-19 08:53:49 by DavidTuggy
Free and unfetid by burred	Slips, innovations and reshapings	5	2014-12-17 06:28:28 by David Bird
Nineteen eighteen four by JuanTwoThree	Slips, innovations and reshapings	5	2014-12-17 06:22:57 by David Bird
botched periodic table by kem	Eggcornology	3	2014-12-16 23:45:07 by kem
Some antics by JuanTwoThree	Slips, innovations and reshapings	2	2014-12-16 07:15:07 by AdamVero
Gleam for glean, as in "you can gleam lots of information..." by AdamVero	Contribute!	5	2014-12-16 00:20:13 by Dixon Wragg
Eluded <> Alluded (malapropism, probably not eggcorn) by AdamVero	Contribute!	1	2014-11-26 00:51:26 by Dixon Wragg
disperse (for disburse) by Bob Ladd	Contribute!	7	2011-03-17 19:04:34 by Dixon Wragg
"samo samo" for "same old, same old" by jmpurkis	Contribute!	21	2010-08-02 16:15:29 by DavidTuggy
Died-in-the-wool by markstock	Contribute!	8	2009-12-14 02:19:46 by patschwieterman
Found in the wild or dreamt up and then looked for? by JuanTwoThree	Eggcornology	19	2009-12-11 08:57:36 by AdamVero
Eggcorns or only misspellings by Gordon	Soapbox	9	2009-12-11 08:49:06 by AdamVero
"Testermoney" for testimony by David Bird	Slips, innovations and reshapings	1	2009-12-11 04:27:07 by AdamVero
Larnyx for larynx, foilage for foliage by rhhardin	Contribute!	5	2009-10-10 19:04:09 by DavidTuggy
Strangely confusing and redundantly repetitive sign by AdamVero	Slips, innovations and reshapings	1	2009-10-06 20:43:48 by DavidTuggy
"insult" for "insole" by Fishbait2	Contribute!	3	2009-10-06 10:07:00 by AdamVero
words that seem inherently amusing, pleasant or odd by patschwieterman [ 1 2 ]	Slips, innovations and reshapings	35	2009-10-06 09:42:24 by AdamVero
A Poultry Amount by JuanTwoThree	Contribute!	2	2009-10-06 09:13:56 by AdamVero

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