Discussions about eggcorns and related topics
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Chris -- 2011-03-08
As Africa’s largest snake, the ill-tempered African rock python is not to be reckoned with.
http://blog.arkive.org/2013/01/arkive%E … n-animals/
Seen this week on the conservation website Arkive. If it makes sense to the originator, I think it might be thought of as “not to be taken lightly”, although of course it says the opposite. Otherwise it might be a blend with “not to be trifled with”. There are quite a few hits out there.
Another variant evokes one of the best eggcorns of all time, a force to be wrecking with.
Homa is becoming the next big stop for all us foodies! This place is a force not to be wrecken with!
http://www.restomontreal.ca/en/5656/Les … d=noscript
The roads in central vietnam are NOT to be wrecken with… we have also had some terrrrifying experiences.
http://thailand2china.blogspot.ca/2009/ … aries.html
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