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potential future lying ahead by DavidTuggy
Slips, innovations and reshapings 2 2023-10-31 18:04:46 by DavidTuggy
"Rod Iron Fence" for Wrought Iron Fence by bondy
Contribute! 7 2018-04-18 14:54:05 by burred
explanation for eggcorns ... by erniebert
Eggcornology 11 2016-12-22 00:38:12 by Eoin
"Site" for "sight" - principally in "site seeing" by Jim Dixon
Contribute! 3 2016-11-16 23:41:59 by kem
one another » one and other by Jim Dixon
Contribute! 2 2016-11-16 23:36:22 by kem
"As A POSE to" (opposed) by jorkel
Contribute! 2 2016-11-16 23:23:39 by kem
"Born" for "borne" as in "[agent]-born disease/illness/parasite" by Jim Dixon
Contribute! 1 2016-11-15 13:21:44 by yanogator
"*build board*" for "billboard" by Jim Dixon
Contribute! 1 2016-11-12 20:03:53 by David Bird
"go to great links" for "go to great lengths" by lchowe
Contribute! 1 2015-12-02 11:44:13 by Jim Dixon
"damp down" for "tamp down" by bartleby
Contribute! 5 2014-01-17 11:10:24 by David Bird
Statute >> Statue (of limitations) by Jim Dixon
Contribute! 1 2013-09-03 05:15:17 by Dixon Wragg
FahrenHEIGHT? (-heit) ...[eye dialect?] by jorkel
Contribute! 23 2012-04-06 12:39:42 by kem
"wet" or "whet"? by Dixon Wragg
Contribute! 5 2011-07-12 17:45:36 by yanogator
at any road << at any rate by kem
Contribute! 7 2011-07-11 20:48:39 by patschwieterman
Westminister Underground Station by smbwilson
Contribute! 6 2011-07-11 18:16:06 by DavidTuggy
pert near by DavidTuggy
Contribute! 2 2011-07-11 17:01:42 by Dixon Wragg
English rhymes really just eggcorns of French phrases? by jorkel
Contribute! 8 2011-03-29 14:55:52 by Dr dave the hat
Plagiarize >> Plaguerize (sometimes with the British spelling "-ise") by Jim Dixon
Contribute! 1 2009-10-23 15:42:55 by David Bird
It's about time to! by JuanTwoThree
Contribute! 3 2009-09-25 15:05:09 by JuanTwoThree
run-of-the-mill >> run-off-the-mill by Jim Dixon
Contribute! 11 2008-11-27 00:06:10 by kem
Woe to go by twelveplusone
Contribute! 4 2008-07-09 06:23:10 by Verbivore
Pub quiz? by ap
Contribute! 7 2008-01-07 15:10:47 by TootsNYC
DIZZY blonde (ditzy) by jorkel
Contribute! 2 2008-01-05 00:14:03 by patschwieterman
"part and partial" for "part and parcel" by awordnerd
Contribute! 1 2008-01-03 19:39:25 by Jim Dixon
Bowdlerize >> bawdlerize by Jim Dixon
Contribute! 1 2007-09-29 17:08:32 by Peter Forster
Outcast vs. outcaste by Jim Dixon
Contribute! 2 2007-08-30 02:50:47 by patschwieterman
"accross the piece" instead of "across the piste" by purplepangolin
Contribute! 7 2007-03-13 13:41:25 by Adjusting
SWAG: acronym, or folk etymology? by Jim Dixon
Contribute! 2 2007-02-04 18:13:58 by jorkel
'skewer' for 'skew' by klakritz
Contribute! 1 2006-11-15 07:24:07 by Jim Dixon
Maelstrom >> mail storm or mailstorm by Jim Dixon
Contribute! 2 2006-11-10 16:55:04 by Jim Dixon

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