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#1 2006-11-29 13:37:32

Peter Forster
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From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1258

frills for thrills for frills for...

More ff/th confusion but perhaps there’s an eggcorn lurking in there somewhere. A frill is inessential but ornamental, a decorative item added purely for pleasure; a thrill is a sudden feeling of pleasure and excitement. Teasing relevant usage from all the frills available is difficult but I’ve found a few:

For all ages , enjoy the frills and spills of aqua fun with inflatable , floats and toys . Saturdays 3pm – 6pm Sundays 4pm – 5pm or 5pm – 6pm …
brain.brent.gov.uk/BRAIN/Webpages.nsf/0/22C95A58E34B3DB980256C0E003922DB?OpenDocument&page=2&Z=1 – 21k – Cached –

Dream hunters catch dreams and perform them inside the rainbow opera. This is a frilling tale that is now my favorite book. All in all BRILL!!! ...
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A2N912CAFXIHFU – 32k – Cached

To overtake the opponents in the way you can and they fight back is a great frill. Oh yeah, if the opponents spin or are along way back they don’t just …
www.amazon.co.uk/TOCA-Race-Driver-3-PS2 … B000A4324M – 79k – Cached

Equally interesting is the substitution of ‘thrills’ for ‘frills’, perhaps an example of hypercorrection…

It’s basically a no thrills phone with a no thrills plan. But all that no thrills can be pretty boring after a while. It’s big and bulky, the ringtones VM …
www.amazon.com/Kyocera-2119-Phone-Anima … B00008QZY6 – 101k – Cached

Base model was basically a stripped down model no thrills very limited interior and no rear seats. The “Sportvan” Had all the features of a full conversion …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_van – 49k – Cached -

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#2 2006-11-29 14:24:13

patschwieterman
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From: California
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 1680

Re: frills for thrills for frills for...

I love “a no thrills phone”—seems like a pretty good candidate.

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#3 2011-06-18 08:22:41

David Bird
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From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1702

Re: frills for thrills for frills for...

I’m bringing this one up for more love.

if I ever get married, I want a very small, no thrills wedding, with just my very closest friends and family.
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If finances are a problem, then consider having a scaled-down, no thrills wedding shower.
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Many times, the priest will do a marriage for little or no cost if it is purely a no thrills wedding.
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This is your garden-variety, no thrills divorce in North Carolina.
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If it’s a poor man’s coffin, no-thrills funeral, it all makes sense.
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Because Southwest is a no thrills carrier, don’t expect anything more than a snack and a drink. Unless the flight attendants are trying to be amusing
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