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#1 2010-07-27 03:29:05

chipsmackinolty
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Registered: 2010-07-26
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sure-up

For “shore up”, from a Power Point on Aboriginal Health Workers, Alice Springs, Northern Territory of Australia

“How can we sure-up professional development & support for current AHWs?”

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#2 2010-07-27 07:39:53

DavidTuggy
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Re: sure-up

This one makes a lot of sense and looks like it could be a classic eggcorn. Can you find a lot of other examples? Or talk to the author of the Power Point and see if this is standard for him or her?


*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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#3 2010-07-27 10:34:17

jorkel
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Re: sure-up

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