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#1 2010-10-01 10:48:40

tpeckenpaugh
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Registered: 2010-10-01
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ebb and flow » ebon flow

the phrase ‘ebb and flow’ sometimes shows up as ‘ebon flow;’ this seems to be especially common when there is some sort of negative meaning, linked to the pejorative nature of darkness in English. a “dark flow” ?

you’ll see the ebon flow of the war going on

http://www.tentonhammer.com/daoc/interv … u-aug-2010

a predictable ebon flow of how Iranian citizens in the streets there have viewed the ability of people to change things in their country

http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/04/iran-anniversary/

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#2 2010-10-02 15:56:51

burred
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Re: ebb and flow » ebon flow

A beautiful eggcorn, tpeckinpaugh. I count about 26 unique hits on Google.

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