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#1 2009-09-08 11:58:25

dkeffer
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Registered: 2009-09-08
Posts: 3

'pig style' for 'pig stye'

Saw this on a friend’s twitter feed:

“Finally got my renters out of my condo….what a pig style they lived in, and they left it this way…people have NO respect….disgusting…”

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#2 2009-09-08 21:24:03

David Bird
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From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1692

Re: 'pig style' for 'pig stye'

Welcome to the forum, dkeffer. You’ve turned up a true classic. It’s been reported before and made some best of the year lists— (link).
Pat Schwieterman reported a nice variation in March this year: a pig stay, (link).

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