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#1 2007-06-06 00:09:10

drissel
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"cliff" for "cleft" with supporting evidence

“Rock of Ages, cliff for me …” – old Edison recording

From Wikipedia:
“The Rock of Ages is a cliff in Burrington Combe in Somerset, England which inspired the writing of the Christian hymn mentioned above.”

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Bill Drissel

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#2 2007-06-06 02:43:41

Craig C Clarke
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Re: "cliff" for "cleft" with supporting evidence

off on a tangent, but this reminds me of people I’ve known who always pronounced cliff “clift.”

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#3 2009-06-17 23:10:52

burred
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From: Montreal
Registered: 2008-03-17
Posts: 1112

Re: "cliff" for "cleft" with supporting evidence

Personals:
I`m 5`8, 175lbs. deep brown eyes, cliffed chin like (Kirk Douglas).
(http://www.migente.com/LOVEU/)

Thai movie chat:
Speaking of male stars who have dimples, I didn’t spot any…I only notice the smiles, but not the dimples…BUT how about cliff chins? Johnny Apinai (Jariya aka Bathroom’s husband) has a cliff chin, it’s like a dimple on the chin.
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Cliff chin?? Is that what you call em? Like Jay Leno rite? ehehehe
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Yeah, it’s called a cliff chin, its like a dimple on the chin. Jessica Simpson has one too. It’s genetic though….like one of the parents got to have it. My sister-in-law got one and my niece inherited from her, so they both got cliff chins.
(http://www.khmer.cc/community/t.c?b=4&t=6635&o=56)

blog:
terry mcginnis one of mah tv luvs. you’d be even cuter w/o that clift chin.
(http://www.movietome.com/users/Deanna_T … 0-25592323)

Superheroes chat:
Chris Reeve look like the Superman I grew up with clift chin and he had the CURLY-Q. NO ONE IS SUPERMAN WITHOUT THAT CURLY-Q!
(http://www.amazon.com/review/RC1N6DFHL47LF)

See also Curly-Q
and another mention of clift for cliff

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#4 2009-06-17 23:19:48

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2872

Re: "cliff" for "cleft" with supporting evidence

Cliff chin. A bell ringer of an eggcorn.


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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