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#1 2009-11-06 12:03:18

Peter Forster
Eggcornista
From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1222

'calmer' for 'karma'

In the Western world ‘karma’ can be used very loosely, but often has connotations of peace and serenity which might lead to an eggcornish misinterpretation:

This is a peaceful quiet area with good calmer. Looking for a mature responsible person to look after house some refs would… 3 bedrooms; 2 bathrooms …
www.homehound.com.au/search/index.php?...no…

There is a saying that if you are a good person duing this life and true of heart you will be rewarded in your next life,hence good calmer…...but if you …
fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic…pid…

So I went kayaking and then helped shovel the mud for good calmer. It will be interesting to see the changes in the rivers next year …
www.andyturton.com/diary.htm

Am I in danger of bad calmer (or being reincarnated as a dung betle) for killing a bonsai tree? I just keep forgetting to keep it alive. ...
answerit.24.com/Question/Question.aspx?QuestionID=6950

... be rewarded in your next life,hence good calmer…...but if you are a bad person you will receive bad calmer in next life. Something like that anyway. ...
fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic…pid…

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#2 2009-11-06 15:15:18

kem
Eggcornista
From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2851

Re: 'calmer' for 'karma'

Another good eggcorn. Especially common among non-rhotic types, I should think.


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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#3 2009-11-10 20:33:40

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

Re: 'calmer' for 'karma'

End-of-year lister shoe-in.

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#4 2009-11-10 21:01:09

DavidTuggy
Eggcornista
From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2714
Website

Re: 'calmer' for 'karma'

At least it has a tow-in the door.


*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

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