Eggcorn Forum

Discussions about eggcorns and related topics

You are not logged in.

Announcement

Registrations are currently closed because of a technical problem. Please send email to if you wish to register.

The forum administrator reserves the right to request users to plausibly demonstrate that they are real people with an interest in the topic of eggcorns. Otherwise they may be removed with no further justification. Likewise, accounts that have not been used for posting may be removed.

Thanks for your understanding.

Chris -- 2018-04-11

#1 2010-10-09 08:05:39

JuanTwoThree
Eggcornista
From: Spain
Registered: 2009-08-15
Posts: 455

Their legs must hurt

I sincerely trust this hasn’t been spotted before:

How about a pedal steamer ride on the on the huge lake of the park, past the Bavaria statue and the St. Bartholomä chapel towards a romantic castle, ...

Those who prefer to relax instead of being active can go on board of the historical pedal steamer and enjoy the vineyard or ride the “Lößnitzdackel” which….

These might well have been produced by the same German press-release writer, which I find amusing given a German pronunciation of ‘paddle’. Further afield we have:

On the very first day in Bangladesh Funato took a pedal steamer to Barisal

Enjoy the scenery as you take this delightful authentic pedal steamer across the lake that sits in the centre of our little bit of America


On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.

Offline

 

#2 2010-10-09 09:13:33

David Bird
Eggcornista
From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1690

Re: Their legs must hurt

An immigrant discovers a different America.

In that first year ‘on the road’, I fell in love with my native land. I rode the Warbarch Canoebow train through Indiana. I rode the Delta Queen pedal steamboat down the Ohio river.
http://www.wangyutang.com/wang/2008/02/ … 4s-script/

Last edited by David Bird (2010-10-09 09:14:25)

Offline

 

Board footer

Powered by PunBB
PunBB is © 2002–2005 Rickard Andersson
Individual posters retain the copyright to their posts.

RSS feeds: active topicsall new posts