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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Could be just an innocent spelling mistake, but the way the lady in this picture has haughtily thrown herself in the seat seemed to make “thrown” quite apt:
http://momstyleicons.blogspot.com/2009/ … hrown.html
I assume you’d have some throne pillows on your thrown.
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I came across another thrown/throne substitution – the peakhawk thrown. I considered it a malaprop in that form, but you’ve come up with some suggestive connections.
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Here’s the one I encountered yesterday:
corruption is a daily struggle decent people have to face everyday just because he wants to be a king of a country he has no claim to the thrown over, so he bribes Bedouins with shitty jobs in the government…
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One possible eggcornish meaning connection between “thrown” and “throne” that hasn’t been mentioned in this thread nor in this related one could be some sort of (unconscious?) association of “overthrown” with the “thrown”. “Overthrown” could evoke an image of a contender for power looming over the thrown or toppling the seat of power—turning over the thrown.
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