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#1 2010-01-03 01:46:03

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'clawfish' for 'crawfish'

I nominate this as the first entry for the 2010 SNOT award.

The Clawfish is a costly food, usually eaten by those of higher class.
www.santharia.com/bestiary/clawfish.htm

On TripAdvisor’s New Orleans travel forum, travelers are asking questions and offering advice on topics like “Best Jambalaya Clawfish dish at affordable …
www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g60864-i3 … _Louisi…

Clawfish joints in the Bay Area – recommendations? ... The only one I know of is this place in San clawfish joints around the Bay i know of a place in san …
omgili.com/jose-san-spoolin

At the end there is a fruit and seafood bar with shrimps, clawfish, seaweed etc…
chowhound.chow.com/topics/631322

Aquaculture is an incredible way to cultivate local, high protein foods, such as talapia, bass, red clawfish and aquatic plants …
www.ashevillage.org/avi/events_projects.php

I had pork, some wierd breaded fish, and several clawfish. ... It wasn’t worth de-shelling all of the clawfish for a few shreds of meat, and the other stuff …
www.whatdidyouhavefordinner.com/2008/02 … rges.html?

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#2 2010-01-03 09:34:56

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

Re: 'clawfish' for 'crawfish'

This is so far under our noses that it’s up our nostrils. Good spotting.


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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#3 2010-01-03 15:10:28

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2714
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Re: 'clawfish' for 'crawfish'

Agreed—excellent find.
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Would there be an easy way to set up a sort of glossary, Pat, with SNOT and other local jargon or catch-phrases (pail, silicism, Annie Lehmann, etc.) explained and linked, for easy reference for those new to the forum and for those of us who sometimes forget?


*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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