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#1 2010-03-19 20:51:58

klakritz
Eggcornista
From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'old factory' for 'olfactory'

This isn’t really an eggcorn; it’s more the sort of misinterpretation that a child might make on hearing a new and unfamiliar latinate word. And yet, some adults are still writing it:

Old Factory Nerve- located near brain, associated with smell/ certain smells bring back certain memories because of this nerve.
www.bhhost1.com/notesamples/HLTH377REYNOLDS.pdf

4. the movement of the orbits pinched off the old factory nerve
www.coursehero.com/file/26459/ANTH-2ndTest/

She needs an old factory nerve transplant which can only come from a blood relative.
tatparade.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html

Mango: is considered calming to the old factory nerve system and refreshing to your skin.
rejuvaderm.com.au/products/product_manual.pdf

I guess they had so much formaldehyde in them that they just killed your Old Factory nerve.
messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?printertopic=1…

The old factory bulb is lined on both sides with a special tissue consisting of approximately ten million nerve cells covered with a thin layer of mucous.
www.pagan-world.com/.../Herbal%20Aromat … Magick.txt

the old factory bulb located in the front of the brain. It relays that sensation into the pariatal lobe(im not too sure about the spelling) ...
wiki.answers.com/.../What_is_the_process_by_which_smell_sensations_are_sensed_and_preceived

Old factory hallucinations-tends to happen when coupled with thyroid problems/ smell of death, burning tennis shoes.
www.dunklin.org/cap/Class4.pdf

Chemical molcules enter the nose and dissolve ... Old factory sends message to the brain (limbic system).
nhcs-ot.wikispaces.com/file/view/Anatomy+of+a+Nose.ppt

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#2 2010-03-20 03:12:49

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

Re: 'old factory' for 'olfactory'

The ten hits for “ole factory nerve” add a Southern touch.


On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.

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#3 2014-07-23 18:02:38

kem
Eggcornista
From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2851

Re: 'old factory' for 'olfactory'


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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