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Chris -- 2018-04-11
This is not an eggcorn, since as far as I know, the people of that state have no particular mania for Chinese food. It’s a version of a Lehman’s term, I think, this time for a totally opaque foreign borrowing. Chow mein ç‚’é¢ is rendered phonetically as ChÇŽomià n. The chow part is “fried”, and mein is “noodles”. Chow is a good candidate for hidden eggcornhood, however.
Foo! You work at panda express! BRING SOME ORANGE CHICKEN, CHOW MAINE & TERYAKI CHICKEN!
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My favorite animal is a cow and my favorite food is chicken chow maine.
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Chow Maine would not go amiss accompanied by some general toss chicken and charred sui pork with chop soy
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