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#1 2018-05-22 10:39:32
- David Bird
- Eggcornista
- From: The Hammer, Ontario
- Registered: 2009-07-28
- Posts: 1702
Reading the ti leaves
From this morning’s New York Times, an understandable misunderstanding. The Hawaiian is placing the leaves of the ti plant, Cordyline fruticosa, with protective powers. Not tea leaves. Those are smaller, with restorative powers.
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#2 2018-05-22 16:54:36
- kem
- Eggcornista
- From: Victoria, BC
- Registered: 2007-08-28
- Posts: 2872
Re: Reading the ti leaves
That would be an eyecorn eggcorn. No difference in sound between “ti” and “tea” that I can hear.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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