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#1 2007-08-13 22:38:32

jorkel
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Registered: 2006-08-08
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The LIGHTS of you. (likes)

In a recent post, Otis46 mentioned an eggcorn where “like” replaced “light.” Near the end of that post, Otis46 mentioned “the likes of,” so I was inspired to check on “the lights of,” and a handful of eggcornish items showed up. I find this a curious construction because the proper usage “likes” almost conveys a sense of someone like you, but not you in particular—and maybe that misconception is the basis of this eggcorn. By contrast, the eggcorn tends to equate/associate you with something concrete, the lights—for whatever that imagery might be. In the first example, it might be a reference to punching someone’s lights out.

Shinnecocks want piece of track action – – TopixThey deserve revenues from VLTs, and I hope the Shinnecocks fight the lights of you tooth and nail! Fugaweh Indian. Melville, NY. Reply » ...
www.topix.net/forum/source/newsday/T7HBABD46RARBLRTR – 56k – Cached – Similar pages

Scott Cain – I’m Moving On LYRICS The lights of you aint welcome round here no more I bet you thought you’d end up leavin me That was just a fantasy But baby the tail has wagged the dog, ...
www.lyricsdownload.com/scott-cain-i-m-m … yrics.html – 25k – Cached – Similar pages

Quiz – Love Of A Dragon Fighter (Naruto: Kakashi Love Story) 0 …I will not loose to the lights of you you think to yourself. Kakashi’s POV:. The old man with the staff acted like he knew Raven well and knew who she was, ...
www.quizilla.com/.../quizzes/Love%20Of% … Fighter%20(Naruto:%20Kakashi%20Love%20Story)%20014/ – 30k – Cached – Similar pages

MySpace.com – www.myspace.com/sweet_tiffanyIs she the HOTT cousin, if so tell her hello. if not, leave her alone, she probably doesn’t want to be botherd by the lights of you. ;p Tiffany I’m really …
profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=9100019 – 141k – Cached – Similar pages

铁资网&铁血联盟资讯网-玩上古卷轴练英语听力(二)- [ Translate this page ]I might waste my time on the lights of you. Hlo_RF011.mp3 Go cry by your wounds to someone else. Hlo_RF012.mp3 Take your half dead body away form me. ...
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