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slewn = strewn and slewn = slain by DavidTuggy
6 8559 2009-01-31 20:33:31 by DavidTuggy
O language columnists: studieth the Middle English verb! by patschwieterman
8 15912 2009-01-26 21:32:02 by fishbait1
long elasticity by DavidTuggy
0 1548 2009-01-11 18:50:29 by DavidTuggy
home-free by DavidTuggy
0 1468 2009-01-09 14:50:04 by DavidTuggy
no more so than << never/nowhere more so than by DavidTuggy
9 14405 2009-01-09 14:09:26 by DavidTuggy
"make-belief" for "make-believe" by Dixon Wragg
5 6698 2008-12-30 12:35:06 by kem
Boxing Day by kem
1 2130 2008-12-28 10:02:55 by jorkel
tipping the iceberg (etc.) by DavidTuggy
12 8727 2008-12-21 12:16:16 by Peter Forster
John Handcock << John Hancock by kem
3 3450 2008-12-19 14:53:14 by DavidTuggy
pity-pat by DavidTuggy
5 4660 2008-12-16 11:46:08 by Peter Forster
Sit bones for Sitz bones by Sandi
1 3771 2008-12-11 18:06:34 by jorkel
near-virtual reality by DavidTuggy
4 3678 2008-12-10 17:10:29 by DavidTuggy
giving and taking quarters by DavidTuggy
3 4490 2008-12-03 22:32:19 by patschwieterman
Mondegreens: misheard song lyrics. by jorkel
5 6053 2008-12-03 07:58:02 by DavidTuggy
hedgerows v hedgegrows by edcrater
0 1487 2008-11-30 01:42:15 by edcrater
woodpecker for nutcracker by DavidTuggy
3 3673 2008-11-30 01:35:21 by edcrater
asteriks << asterisk; aks << ask by nilep
3 3365 2008-11-28 13:53:28 by patschwieterman
about from << apart from by DavidTuggy
4 3469 2008-11-28 02:36:43 by nilep
It may be surprising what’s esoteric to whom by DavidTuggy
2 4614 2008-11-21 08:19:57 by Craig C Clarke
"tick" for "tic" by Dixon Wragg
0 1483 2008-11-19 21:41:30 by Dixon Wragg
Conjugation of irregular adjectives, etc. by DavidTuggy
4 4476 2008-11-06 12:36:28 by DavidTuggy
You, sir, are no snowclone! by Sili
5 4997 2008-11-03 18:49:49 by TootsNYC
"Pawn" for "palm", but NOT as in "palm off" by Dixon Wragg
2 2480 2008-10-23 15:45:02 by Dixon Wragg
"Past-time" for "pastime" by Dixon Wragg
0 1473 2008-09-07 04:45:10 by Dixon Wragg
Meaning of "rip off" by Dixon Wragg
3 3164 2008-09-02 18:10:20 by Dixon Wragg
down to pat by DavidTuggy
2 2737 2008-09-02 09:41:05 by nilep
Edicted for addicted. by Craig C Clarke
0 1506 2008-08-31 13:06:20 by Craig C Clarke
“gabble to gabble coverage” for “gavel to gavel coverage” by patschwieterman
1 3411 2008-08-29 12:15:44 by DavidTuggy
on end < ohne Ende by DavidTuggy
1 2028 2008-08-26 14:09:04 by patschwieterman
onerous < onus by DavidTuggy
0 1736 2008-08-21 18:32:33 by DavidTuggy

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