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#1 2012-10-22 20:13:02

buzhwa
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From: southeast Michigan, USA
Registered: 2007-01-05
Posts: 20

fearlously =) for fearlessly

spotted on Regretsy:
http://static.regretsy.com/wp-content/u … arlous.jpg

An interesting misspelling, likely stemming from English’s MANY varied spellings of vowels in unstressed syllables =)

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#2 2012-10-22 20:17:38

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
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Re: fearlously =) for fearlessly

Fearlously for fearlessly? “Live in fear” contradicts the intended message, doesn’t it?


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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