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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Peter’s post about Corian/Korian countertops suggested an obvious malaprop. A chorea is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary, jerky movements of the limbs or face. It comes from the same root as “choreography”: the Gk. word choreia, for dance. Huntington’s Korea is a substitution of familiar word for one that is phonologically similar but semantically worlds away, technically, a pail.
Mental health support forum:
Last year I found out I am going get Huntingdon’s Korea like my dad died from.
(http://www.wiccanweb.ca/index.php?name= … pic&t=2545)
Huntington’s Disease support group:
The doctor’s are testing my mom for Huntington’s Korea. I can say that I HAVE heard of Huntington’s…but i have NEVER heard of Huntington’s Korea. I’ve been searching high and low for all the info that i can get on Huntington’s Korea.
(http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Huntingt … st-results)
Seeds for Charity ~ Huntington’s Chorea:
Q: What is Huntington’s Korea?
A: It is actually Huntington’s Chorea …. you heard it right. Huntington’s is a degenerative brain disease that can be inheartied from your parents.
(http://giantpumpkinsonline.com/html/charity.htm)
Ear, Noase & Throat community support::
The rhumatic fever remained in my heart, AND brain, causing me to have a heart murmur, and an extremely RARE disease called Sydenham’s Korea A.K.A. St. Vidas dance.
(impossible to enter this link without bizarre symptoms – this is an approximation with double hyphens removed: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Ear-Nose-T … /show/7094)
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