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#1 2005-11-04 11:13:43

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

'guess workers' for 'guest workers'

Guest workers: you can only guess where they come from ,and they can only guess how long the job will last. About 500 ghits:

Immigrants by definition in the BVI context are essentially guess workers who
may only remain as long as they are gainfully employed or are a dependent …
dpu.gov.vg/AboutOurCountry/NationalPopRepICPD/4.htm

And the victims of the bombing are always poor immigrants or guess workers (slaves), ...
www.iraq-war.ru/article/59244

What I would like to See are The guess workers people getting The same wages
... with The right reform, The guess workers will get The same wages as …
wdmosely.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/20/143115/74

for Mexico as a whole, the issues of “guess workers” and “amnesty” for illegal,
are not vital.
www.foros.gob.mx/read.php?f=5&i=341&t=326

Most turkish passport holders in germeny went there in The 50’s as guess
workers …
www.stormfront.org/threads/topic/70019.html

SaveOurState > Bush officials discuss revamped guest worker proposal
As long as we have unemployment and high welfare rolls , no guessworkers should
be allowed , Look at whats happening in Europe right now …
www.saveourstate.org/forums/ lofiversion/index.php/t5350.html

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#2 2024-04-10 14:09:13

Peter Forster
Eggcornista
From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1258

Re: 'guess workers' for 'guest workers'

I’ve heard ‘be my guest’ pronounced without a terminal t, and wonder whether that idiomatic expression may have fallen into such disfavour that it has been reinterpreted as an invitation to perform in accordance with a preferred conjecture.

So, then, if you want to spend your money on a hunk of junk like this, then be my guess, but know that you’ve been warned.

Please don’t make everyone’s life more difficult than it is. If you want to develop a topic about the benefit of using stock brakes, or how superior stock calipers are, then be my guess and open a new thread.

If you have something meaningful or constructive to say then be my guess.

If you choose to walk around storing hate for someone because they have wronged you in some way then be my guess, do what you want.

Im in NO rush to sell since Im even overthinking as im writing this ad but if someone is serious and wants to make this car into something they dreamed of, then be my guess.

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#3 2024-04-11 08:18:41

kem
Eggcornista
From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2872

Re: 'guess workers' for 'guest workers'

Makes senses. I’ve had many guesses that were guests, and guests that were guesses.


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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