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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I always wax my ceilings—don’t you? :-)
Example: “Those pockets would come in handy if you were a stylist, or a waitress, or a collector of string and ceiling wax.”
Found here: http://store.makoollovesyou.com/shop/pr … 3-cimarosa
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Hi, and welcome emckean!
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This one’s been the topic of some discussion before, e.g. at
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=194
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It’s not straightforward to check (most of us have gotten caught by this a time or two). Go to the Eggcorn Database (not the Forum) main page, and use the second search slot (the “Google Searchâ€) there. I found “ceiling wax†on four pages there.
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Yes, it’s an interesting one.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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Oh—you’re right! I only did one search. It would be good to put a note above the search boxes to say “use both” :-)
Thanks!
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