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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Google counts on Sept 14, 2006
158,000 “rune stones”
397 “ruin stones”
Analysis by Joe Krozel
I defer to the Wikipedia for a discussion of Rune stones. There is also a nice picture of one there. (Apparently, there are also rune stones used for magical/mystical purposes. I’m not sure how the two types of stone are related). The archaeological nature of these rune stones may lead one to consider them to be among a site of ruins. Hence, the eggcorn “ruin stones.”
Rune stone – Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRune stones are stones with runic inscriptions dating from the early Middle Ages but are … There are approximately 6000 known rune stones in Scandinavia. ...
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Question on Tarot card storage – Aeclectic Tarot Forumdo you think it would be okay to put my tarot cards in the same velvet bag as my ruin stones? or would the different energies mix up, ive had the ruin …
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NeverwinterConnections.com… two stones These stones were latter named the Ward Stones there power to seal magic devices and make smaller ruin stones These ruin stones though mystic …
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Psychic Peter Anderson page-free psychic readingsPeople selling everything from bottled water to ruin stones to new concepts in the area of the psychic. The only negative that I have found at these …
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Our 2003 Volvo OSD TripAs we traveled we would stop and see Viking ruin stones in nearby towns. This particular one was one of the more interesting ones we saw. Viking Ruin Stone …
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Are Psychics really weenies?Because any of the modalities of prediction, like tarot cards or ruin stones, which are just passage ways to stimulate in you what you already know. ...
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This seems to be an extremely pure eggcorn. It is not a pure hearing eggcorn, such as eggcorn itself. Nor is it a pure spelling eggcorn such as wave my rights. People who read, write, and spell (reed, right, and spiel?) still fall victim to the Ruin Stones (even if they are fans of the Rollin’ Stones)!
Rock On!
Last edited by Tom Neely (2006-09-14 20:32:40)
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