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Chris -- 2018-04-11
In algebra, people frequently use a t-chart (because it is shaped like a cross) for listing x- and y-coordinates in order to graph an equation. Students frequently think it is a “tea chart”.
“I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin
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yanogator wrote:
In algebra, people frequently use a t-chart (because it is shaped like a cross) for listing x- and y-coordinates in order to graph an equation. Students frequently think it is a “tea chart”.
Amusing substitution, but I can’t think of any eggcornish meaning connection.
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I never really agreed with Storm being a leader, now hear me out I’m not B-rating her leadership abilities
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Berated with the dreaded B-rating. There must be other B-wildered words out there.
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Wow! “B-rating” is a great eggcorn, David. I’m surprised I’ve never noticed it before.
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Agreed! First-class. Or, should we say, A-rated?
Last edited by DavidTuggy (2020-06-26 07:10:58)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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It is C-lect.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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