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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Google counts on Oct 14,2006
6.990.000 infiltrate
1310 infilltrate
“Infiltrate” means to permeate something. (Base derives from “filtrum”—a felt used as a filter.) One may use the eggcorn “infilltrate” to mean that something fills somethingh else.
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wizardzyour job is to recruit more to fill our ranks . . . . for there is strength in numberz. infilltrate the ranks and own names …
d4rkw1z4rdz.tripod.com/id2.html – 26k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
My Life: November 2005During the labor I had two iv ’ s infilltrate ( basically come out of the vein and fill that part of my hand / arm with fluid , very painful ) , a nasty …
alisonsblog2384.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_alisonsblog2384_archive.html – 23k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
RAOTL.co.uk Forum :: View topic – did we do it?The damage to man utds ground that is or did man utd fans infilltrate our ranks and then set about defacing their own stadium in an attempt to portray …
forum.raotl.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=210681&sid=feb4afb1f0c087594bd9960b66b4cc68 – 64k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
lets get real…. – Core77 Discussion GroupsJust trying to infilltrate the system and take it over . IP : Logged. Burnlab unregistered, posted 11 – 26 – 2001 11 : 23 AM …
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allnurses.com Nursing for Nurses – View Single Post – Sharing …When I pierce the full sharp and needle in I think I inadvertantly poke through the other side of the vein and infilltrate . I did ask a nurse on the floor …
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retrogal152’s Xanga Site… and destroy”. i will be at a family friends house in denver passing out candy to little kids and praying that demons dont infilltrate their bodies. ...
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Could this spelling represent a pronunciation with the stress on the second syllable, instead of the first? I think that would be normal enough for many American dialects. I believe it would still be an eggcorn, but the misinterpretation would be reinforced by the pronunciation.
David F.
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