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#1 2024-05-25 04:33:48

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

'bellwhether' for 'bellwether'

With bellweather in the database, and the dainty belle weather in the forum, bellwhether seems a suitably eggcornish companion/simbling given that ‘whether’ implies alternatives.

Bloomberg reports that Johnson’s attorney says, “the world is watching, and it’s unofficially a bellwhether case.” Meaning, he believes what happens in California this week and next will be a good indicator of future court outcomes.

The raisin grape harvest is considered to be a bellwhether for the rest of California agriculture.

If you want a bellwhether indicator in the South East, then the city of Brighton & Hove offers the strongest clue as to what might happen across the country …

The NQ-100 and key tech stocks are validating this with several bellwhether stocks confirming multi-month peaks and projecting multi-month declines.

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#2 2024-05-25 09:14:09

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

Re: 'bellwhether' for 'bellwether'

Super spotting!


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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