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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Kem has discussed “ordernance” for “ordnance” here . But what about “ordernance” for “ordinance”? It turns out there are quite a few examples, such as:
I was talking to my friend who was the promoter and I asked him about the trailer and he said that it was against city ordernance and the owner sold it…
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He has talked about the permits they are supposed to have….and he is only running off the ones that are not abiding by the city ordernance that is already in place.
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In ny but never heard of a law against welding, call your town and ask best way to know imo. Only thing I can think of is a local ordernance.
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The meaning connection between order and ordinances is obvious, as is the similarity in pronunciation between “ordernance” and “ordinance”. Eggcorn, sez I.
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Surprisingly uncommon for such an obvious eggcorn.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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