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Just want to say Hello. by JohnBartho
0 947 2015-09-07 08:27:12 by JohnBartho
Yo soy el nuevo chico un by ShanonHeg4
0 2863 2015-07-10 11:48:01 by ShanonHeg4
A rouge's gallery of non-eggcornical errors by David Bird
5 6713 2015-07-07 07:16:16 by Dixon Wragg
Archie Bunkerisms by Zed90230
1 1736 2015-06-01 14:43:44 by DavidTuggy
whits vs. wit's - which is it? by Sandra
6 8705 2015-04-23 14:17:24 by Peter Forster
botched periodic table by kem
3 2048 2014-12-17 00:45:07 by kem
"hone in " for "home in" by Dixon Wragg
4 4093 2014-08-16 08:12:37 by David Bird
Uncharted and ngrams by kem
2 3454 2014-06-06 22:42:32 by kem
"per say" rears its ugly head once again by Dixon Wragg
11 11904 2014-06-02 12:31:27 by DavidTuggy
A Fisherman's Tale by JuanTwoThree
4 2657 2014-05-11 04:16:36 by JuanTwoThree
accurate or true? by kem
0 1331 2014-03-18 12:10:56 by kem
Wondering perps by DavidTuggy
5 3894 2013-12-06 13:26:37 by DavidTuggy
non linguistic eggcorns by kem
3 5851 2013-11-25 22:16:22 by DavidTuggy
"jive" for "jibe" by Dixon Wragg
1 1958 2013-11-23 17:52:01 by DavidTuggy
Compound and Kampong by JuanTwoThree
2 4441 2013-11-12 15:51:36 by Dixon Wragg
'Shared meaning element' eggcorn candidate?... by jeroboambramblejam
4 5262 2013-09-03 07:49:54 by burred
"Skiddish" for "skittish" by Dixon Wragg
4 8074 2013-07-27 06:39:19 by Dixon Wragg
"flare" for "flair" by Dixon Wragg
0 1811 2013-02-21 05:10:04 by Dixon Wragg
adverse<<>>averse by Dixon Wragg
0 1690 2013-02-13 02:22:13 by Dixon Wragg
virtuous circle for vicious circle by vexact
1 2578 2012-10-27 20:06:09 by kem
A parallel universe by David Bird
2 3516 2012-08-08 12:43:00 by David Bird
Phonetic spelling by burred
12 13269 2012-07-31 08:40:27 by burred
A timely eggcorn by David Bird
2 3003 2012-06-23 13:14:36 by burred
The Delhi Lama by David Bird
0 1954 2012-05-29 19:20:05 by David Bird
take it has read/take it as read by JuanTwoThree
1 2581 2012-05-14 09:28:24 by burred
MIT Mystery Hunt eggcorns by kem
3 3892 2012-02-22 15:20:20 by kem
Mark Liberman on a surprising Google ngram by patschwieterman
0 2227 2011-12-31 20:31:35 by patschwieterman
AHD and eggcorn by kem
2 2895 2011-11-06 23:45:46 by DavidTuggy
"petty" for "pity" by Dixon Wragg
0 3392 2011-10-14 14:50:00 by Dixon Wragg
Another variation of an old eggcorn by Dixon Wragg
0 1647 2011-09-21 04:19:12 by Dixon Wragg

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