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#1 2006-12-23 01:40:54

urgen
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Registered: 2006-12-23
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curve vs curb

I checked to see whether something I’ve heard was something common by searching google:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22curve+your+desire%22

I believe this to be a form of “curb your dog”

which has evolved to become curb your appetite or as you can see now, curve your desire

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#2 2006-12-23 01:49:24

urgen
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Re: curve vs curb

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?id=1372

hey, what about mirror image eggcorns? :-)

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#3 2006-12-23 01:51:25

urgen
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Re: curve vs curb

oh, I’m just piling more on where it was already… sorry

someone put this one in the main list already

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