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#1 2006-03-15 20:14:24

klakritz
Eggcornista
From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'appeaseotomy' for 'episiotomy'

I leave it to the mothers on this discussion board to decide whether or not this rare substitution qualifies as an eggcorn. Examples:

Well When my daughter arrived, they had to do an appeaseotomy with suction cup – she Just wouldn’t come out. www.homefitness101.com/forum/index.php? … 482&st=375

when I had My son I had a generous appeaseotomy (sp) without anesthesia.
forums.realitytvplanet.com/viewtopic.php?t=26325&view=previous&sid=1dfbd996a606c97d9010f6c10bddb989

Writing on a chalkboard from his hospital bed before his scheduled appeaseotomy, Stone blamed the fall on LBJ…
www.sharpknife.blogspot.com/2004_10_01_ … chive.html

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