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Chris -- 2018-04-11
found on the local listserv, which I can’t repost, but lots of examples in google. I like it; it’s vivid. In this example, it obviously isn’t a mispelling.
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Nice eggcorn. Here’s some support work…
Google hits on Aug 24, 2006
3190 “nerve raking”
1,170,000 “nerve wracking”
Quite a few examples of it actually:
iStockphoto.com : iStockphoto.com: royalty free stock photography …nerve raking, business woman in panic · anxiety, attractive, beautiful, bite, biting, business, businesswoman, comic, Keywords: anxiety, attractive …
www.istockphoto.com/imageindex/836/4/83 … panic.html – 6k – Cached – Similar pages
Nerve Raking, Business Woman In Panic stock photo download royalty …Cheap stock photo download royalty free – high quality images for just $1 – $2 each. business woman biting her nails due to nerves.
www.bigstockphoto.com/photo/view/180797 – 28k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
SWiSHzone.com Support Forums > Linking Image Gallery To External …Man this is nerve raking, I do not want to mess up the work Ive done.Anyway I loaded the image to the image folder and its there on the ‘live’ screen but I …
forums.swishzone.com/lofiversion/index.php?t18408.html – 26k – Cached – Similar pages
“nerve raking” | Can Stock Photo – Royalty Free Stock PhotographyAffordable Royalty Free Stock Photography. Downloads for just $1.00, with thousands of images added weekly. Subscriptions also available.
www.canstockphoto.com/nerve-raking-0151444.php – 21k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
Amazon.com: Profile For Linda C. Jennings: ReviewsThis activity table plays music, makes sounds: you know those busy sounds that babies love, but tends to become nerve raking after a while. ...
www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AV … 2K?ie=UTF8 – 60k – Cached – Similar pages
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In the first example, not a misspelling, but who’s to say it isn’t a pun?
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Also, ‘Raking [his/her/your/my] brain’..., over 5,000 hits combined…
Then, Harry, raking his brain for an answer, was finally fed one. “What if that’s what we want?â€
http://www.veritaserum.com/fanfiction2/ … hp?id=4036
‘Nerve wrecking’ is far more common, though less amusing, 102,000 hits.
‘Wrecking [his/her/your/my] brain’ also appears…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Collapse
“In trying to deny something you often find yourself wrecking your brain over it. ”
Finally, nerve wracking may be an old accepted eggcorn of nerve racking.
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=177
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/?date=19980420
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