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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Is this an eggcorn? I noted this on a weblog run by a 20-somthing commentation on local politics:
“Provincial New Democrat leader Carole James has taken a drumming in the newspapers for her decision to oppose the Gateway Program. ”
Googling the phrase brought up many refernences to learning to hit things with sticks, but also:
“Hello everybody, and welcome back to a thrilling game at the Tokyo Dome with the US Team take a drumming at the hands of the Japanese national team going …”
“Microsoft won’t sit back and watch one of its best sellers take a drumming. But it will be watching developments closely, to be sure. ”
“Used to take a drumming w/ my H’blds and loved it when I went over to my Leicas. No sweat. No tux. Good reason to use lighter gear to slug around all those …”
“It should do ok but if you have to walk those termmies anywhere they will take a drumming. Good luck with it and let us know how it fares.”
“Factor in all those first year dings, rubs, groundings, etc… and your investment will take a drumming. ”
“Labour look to take a drumming in both local and regional elections, with declining support in Scotland and even Wales as well as discontent across English …”
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I was about to submit this one as a new find before locating it in the forum with a search. So, in response to lizards inquiry about whether this is an eggcorn, I guess I’d give it the thumbs up.
Oddly, I got only 5760 Google hits for “took a drubbing”... I thought there would be many many more. I also got just 61 Google hits for “took a drumming”, and fewer than a dozen seemed to be eggcorns.
A few more examples:
Mark David Manders – Official Site
From what I heard it was best that we didn’t have the distraction of the game because the Mavericks took a drumming that night. I guess we played until 1:30 or later before …
blog.markdavidmanders.com/articles/page/3 · Cached page
Public Eye Online – February 2008
Of course, this has nothing to do with the fact the corporation took a drumming last year when ombudsman Kim Carter released a damning report that found its “validation and prize …
www.publiceyeonline.com/archives/2008_02.html · Cached page
Ptsc Patriot Scientific—Cloudify the web by MeemCloud
patriot scientific corporation’s (otcbb:ptsc) common stock took a drumming on tuesday, june 24, 2008, as it tumbled to an intra-day low of $0.18 per share before closing the day at …
www.meemcloud.com/meme_clouds/1366-PTSC … atest/show
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