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Eggcornology

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Archie Bunkerisms by Zed90230
1 1484 2015-06-01 14:43:44 by DavidTuggy
whits vs. wit's - which is it? by Sandra
6 8111 2015-04-23 14:17:24 by Peter Forster
botched periodic table by kem
3 1693 2014-12-17 00:45:07 by kem
"hone in " for "home in" by Dixon Wragg
4 3676 2014-08-16 08:12:37 by David Bird
Uncharted and ngrams by kem
2 3091 2014-06-06 22:42:32 by kem
"per say" rears its ugly head once again by Dixon Wragg
11 10851 2014-06-02 12:31:27 by DavidTuggy
A Fisherman's Tale by JuanTwoThree
4 2246 2014-05-11 04:16:36 by JuanTwoThree
accurate or true? by kem
0 1161 2014-03-18 12:10:56 by kem
Wondering perps by DavidTuggy
5 3427 2013-12-06 13:26:37 by DavidTuggy
non linguistic eggcorns by kem
3 5456 2013-11-25 22:16:22 by DavidTuggy
"jive" for "jibe" by Dixon Wragg
1 1733 2013-11-23 17:52:01 by DavidTuggy
Compound and Kampong by JuanTwoThree
2 4144 2013-11-12 15:51:36 by Dixon Wragg
'Shared meaning element' eggcorn candidate?... by jeroboambramblejam
4 4840 2013-09-03 07:49:54 by burred
"Skiddish" for "skittish" by Dixon Wragg
4 7534 2013-07-27 06:39:19 by Dixon Wragg
"flare" for "flair" by Dixon Wragg
0 1641 2013-02-21 05:10:04 by Dixon Wragg
adverse<<>>averse by Dixon Wragg
0 1523 2013-02-13 02:22:13 by Dixon Wragg
virtuous circle for vicious circle by vexact
1 2343 2012-10-27 20:06:09 by kem
A parallel universe by David Bird
2 3212 2012-08-08 12:43:00 by David Bird
Phonetic spelling by burred
12 12076 2012-07-31 08:40:27 by burred
A timely eggcorn by David Bird
2 2722 2012-06-23 13:14:36 by burred
The Delhi Lama by David Bird
0 1775 2012-05-29 19:20:05 by David Bird
take it has read/take it as read by JuanTwoThree
1 2360 2012-05-14 09:28:24 by burred
MIT Mystery Hunt eggcorns by kem
3 3575 2012-02-22 15:20:20 by kem
Mark Liberman on a surprising Google ngram by patschwieterman
0 2072 2011-12-31 20:31:35 by patschwieterman
AHD and eggcorn by kem
2 2626 2011-11-06 23:45:46 by DavidTuggy
"petty" for "pity" by Dixon Wragg
0 3218 2011-10-14 14:50:00 by Dixon Wragg
Another variation of an old eggcorn by Dixon Wragg
0 1486 2011-09-21 04:19:12 by Dixon Wragg
"cycle cell" for "sickle cell" by Dixon Wragg
10 9935 2011-09-06 22:26:55 by Dixon Wragg
"asparagus syndrome" for "Asperger's Syndrome" by Dixon Wragg
1 4100 2011-09-03 04:20:12 by JuanTwoThree
"where or where" for "where oh where" by Dixon Wragg
2 2891 2011-09-01 19:18:27 by Dixon Wragg

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