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#1 2012-07-04 10:07:38
- kem
- Eggcornista
- From: Victoria, BC
- Registered: 2007-08-28
- Posts: 2872
godown
David Crystal’s new book, The Story of English in 100 words, mentions a Malay-English eggcorn:
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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#2 2012-07-04 10:31:59
- kem
- Eggcornista
- From: Victoria, BC
- Registered: 2007-08-28
- Posts: 2872
Re: godown
Thinking about the “borrowing” habits of English:
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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#3 2012-07-04 12:55:53
- JuanTwoThree
- Eggcornista
- From: Spain
- Registered: 2009-08-15
- Posts: 455
Re: godown
You might have a godown in your compound:
On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.
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