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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Google counts on Sept 4, 2006
749 “as A POSE to”
128,000,000 “as opposed to”
Inspired by the website:
http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=4047324
first time i wrote expression ‘as opposed to’ i wrote ‘as a pose to’. what would derrida say? —enrique (miltonpinsk…), November 26th, 2003.
Analysis by Joe Krozel:
It’s hard to discern any legitimate imagery here, but I’ll take my best shot: When someone does something that is different from something else which is more genuine, then the alternative (the former) might be seen as “a pose” to the latter. In this sense, “a pose” might conjure up the imagery of being imitative, less-than-real, or less authentic.
Here are a few examples:
Before we agree to add our listingI create websites for a living, full time, this is the first for myself as a pose to a client. I do sell myself on where my clients rank in the search …
www.bnb-directory.com/faq/9-before-we-a … sting.html – 15k – Cached – Similar pages
the eventide… drawing influences as wide as sid vicious and flea, to mark king and john entwhistle. as an interest, i also play guitar as a pose to bass guitar. ...
www.the-eventide.co.uk/index.php?f=data_home&a=2 – 16k – Cached – Similar pages
5 Natural Common Cold Beaters | cold,This is much more likely to prolong the agony as a pose to beating it. In preference to turning to the pharmacist there are natural ways to reduce the …
www.tips.com.my/Article/5-Natural-Commo … ters/24390 – 17k – Cached – Similar pages
deviantART: Albatross101: Journal… he said i was better than him. and because i already know that art classes are calming to me as a pose to mass communications or oral communications. ...
albatross101.deviantart.com/journal/ – 30k – Cached – Similar pages
MedicineAn important advantage of medicine at Bristol as a pose to other universities is that you start GP attachments in the 1st year and hospital attachments in …
www.bris.ac.uk/union/altprospectus/subj … s/medicine – 7k – Cached – Similar pages
access keys from Lisa Seeman on 2004-06-24 (w3c-wai-gl@w3.org from …It requires the author to better encapsulating knowledge as a pose to providing an alternate access method. Background to semantic based accessibility. ...
lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2004AprJun/0785.html – 20k – Cached – Similar pages
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“as a pose to” was mentioned here once before, by member tps12:
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=287
I came here to investigate this because I recently encountered it myself. Examples:
“What actually constitutes a mixtape? as a pose to an album”
http://genius.com/discussions/50227-Wha … o-an-album
“NYC? Real Books(as a pose to fake one’s?)”
http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread … Real-Books(as-a-pose-to-fake-one-s-)
“The windows mounting was from the inside as a pose to being from the outside which is what I needed….”
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/229754018464811792/
“The cliff side is a bit more relaxed as a pose to the party vibe on the beach side.”
http://www.booking.com/reviews/jm/hotel … a4f61.html
“learning to make myself happy as a pose to makin every one else happy”
https://www.facebook.com/pages/learning … 6679253669
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And even earlier, on the old comment board, comment 44: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/contribute/#comment-64
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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