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Chris -- 2025-05-10
While reading a review of a solar panel installer, I cam across the following
I have not heard anything yet but will ABSOLUTELY get his feedback. He’s a gluten for punishment, can you tell?
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Cute, but it’s hard to imagine that it’s an eggcorn. Neither the pronunciation similarity nor the plausible meaning connection is there, as far as I can tell. I reckon it’s just a misspelling.
Welcome to the Eggcorn forum, DrDave!
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