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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Google counts on Apr. 15, 2007
110,000 “spell it out for you”
19,900 “spill it out for you”
Analysis by Joe Krozel
“Let me spell it out for you” is a familiar expression meaning “let me explain it to you in no uncertain terms” where the notion of spelling out the words is a metaphor for making sure the meaning is not misconstrued. The eggcorn “let me spill it out for you” draws on the notion of “spilling one’s guts” or telling everything.
Here are the first eight consecutive citings in my Google search
www.myspace.com/charight DO I HAVE TO SPILL IT OUT FOR YOU.....I’ll SCREAM IT IN YOUR FACE …....THE CHEMSTERY BETWEEN US COULD DESTROY THIS PLACE…..... IF you want to impress me …
profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=3795780 – 152k – Cached – Similar pages
XfireBut, just for your pleasure, Let me spill it out for you. I have been in many talented clans over the years and have even been in a few that have soared to …
www.xfire.com/xf/modules.php?name=Forum … 9&start=60 – 107k – Cached – Similar pages
NONE MORE BLACK Lyrics – 10 TON JIGGAWATTSIf my heart could spill it out for you. Don’t you know it would. You may never ever get the clue. That’s surely not OK with me. ...
www.mp3lyrics.org/n/none-more-black/10/ – 21k – Cached – Similar pages
Sportscolumn.com – Sports News – Requiem I can spill it out for you and tell you everything and you still won’t be satisfied. Because to you none of this is fact. You don’t see it that way. ...
www.sportscolumn.com/story/2005/5/3/193516/4243 – 29k – Cached – Similar pages
Re: Sorry Creative, but Apple’s Just More Innovative With Their …Re: Sorry Creative, but Apple’s Just More Innovative With Their Stuff… Ok I will spill it out for you sense you did not get it… IT WAS A JOKE. ...
forums.creative.com/rss/message?board.id=dap&message.id=147615 – 17k – Cached – Similar pages
djkryptonite’s Xanga SiteIf you don’t know, let me spill it out for you. Every year I help run a children’s camp for kids 12 – 18 at the Jade Buddhist Temple. ...
www.xanga.com/djkryptonite – 63k – Cached – Similar pages
[PDF] Re: FaviconFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat – View as HTML
Ok, it looks like I have to spill it out for you. I think you may need to read a bit slower so you won’t miss things… First, by default, Internet Explorer …
coding.derkeiler.com/pdf/Archive/PHP/alt.php/2006-09/msg00276.pdf – Similar pages
TBT: The Brutal Truth: March 2006I’ll be happy to spill it out for you because by the Fathers Rights crowd selling out to Big Religion and the conservative media, and by the Womens Rights …
psychosy.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_psychosy_archive.html – 183k – Cached – Similar pages
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