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#1 2009-11-05 12:55:15

David Bird
Eggcornista
From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1690

The minstrel cycle

The minstrel cycle qualifies as an amazing, poetic malapropism. I can’t see any clear connection to song or lutes. The Pied Piper returns to play a tune, in tune with the moon – perhaps they have something like this is mind.

Veterinary forum
They told us she should be fixed before her first minstrel cycle and that she’s a healthy good dog.
(http://www.insiderpages.com/b/3710087788)

STD forum
Would I have an “episode” with every minstrel cycle?
(http://www.herpes-coldsores.com/message … p?p=110775)

Sweat lodge customs
A woman in her minstrel cycle is in one of her highest states of personal energy.
(http://www.westshield.org/sweat-lodge-program.html)

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#2 2009-11-05 13:41:24

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2853

Re: The minstrel cycle

Is this be what the speakers had in mind?


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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