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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Juvenile (possibly pre-school) mis-hearing of adult conversation on car journey in Scottish Borders.
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A highly appropriate substitution. No evidence (that I can see) that this switch has been picked up as an eggcorn.
Not sure where you are from, but in NA we usually call these things “cattleguards” or “cattle guards.”
Last edited by kem (2017-04-04 15:29:29)
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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Welcome to the Eggcorn Forum, MacAuslan!
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