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#1 2010-01-19 23:09:00

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

'anormalous' for 'anomalous'

Since ‘anomalous’ is close in meaning to ‘abnormal,’ it’s easy to make the switch. 5000 ghits- it seems especially popular among non-anglophone physicists.

The mechanism of causing anormalous values—-2. A case of an anormalous value due to erroneous data of an analytical instrument. ...
sciencelinks.jp › ... › Modern Medical Laboratory(2005)

Title;A Theoretical Study on Anormalous Phases in the Proton and Electron Transfer Systems.
sciencelinks.jp › ... › Nippon Kagakkai Koen Yokoshu(2000)

Chromosomal Trisomy in an Anormalous Bovine Fetus.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1680379/

Low Frequency Oscillation Induced by Anormalous Avalanche Negative. Resistance in p-i-n Diodes …
jjap.ipap.jp/link?JJAP/7/683/

physicists invented dark matter to explain the observed anormalous rotational curves. .... to explain this anormalous accelerated expansion.
www.physicsbanter.com/physics-general.. … cycle.html

An anormalous resistance change of the sample during heating in vacuum to 400’C confirmed the phase transformation.
www.iop.org/EJ/article/0256-307X/10/8/0 … _8_016.pdf

We report the diagnosis and surgical treatment of an aneurysm on a CAA associated with an anormalous origin of the left main coronary artery.
www.biomedsearch.com/cluster/26/Circula … sub-0.html

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#2 2010-01-20 11:30:12

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

Re: 'anormalous' for 'anomalous'

Super. Best eggcorn of a still-young year. Deserves immediate promotion to the database.


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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#3 2010-01-20 12:42:00

patschwieterman
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From: California
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 1680

Re: 'anormalous' for 'anomalous'

Utterly delightful. The hybrid “abnormalous” gets 90 ughits, with scientists again leading the charge.

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