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Chris -- 2025-05-10
For “shore up”, from a Power Point on Aboriginal Health Workers, Alice Springs, Northern Territory of Australia
“How can we sure-up professional development & support for current AHWs?”
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This one makes a lot of sense and looks like it could be a classic eggcorn. Can you find a lot of other examples? Or talk to the author of the Power Point and see if this is standard for him or her?
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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We’ve had this one before…
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