Eggcorn Forum

Many of us have very little knowledge of anatomy or physiology and some do not sound aspirates at the beginning of words so it is not difficult to see how this possible eggcorn came about. Arteries do take blood to the heart so ‘hearteries’ would be a useful word for them if another didn’t already exist.

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the fat is hydrogenated fat and the worst kind for your heart as it cant push past and easily collects around the hearteries….....i love to eat it once in …
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... stuff up through my groin and into my hearteries to position and stretch those tiny little stents into place. It was both entertaining and interesting. ...
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Makes me recall watching the doctor shove a piece of bailing wire from my groin up into my hearteries and pop open three of those tiny little stent thingies …
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Indian food for example, anything cooked in gee, will fur your hearteries at a rapid rate. And alchohol can kill also. Never mind, we will pay extra tax for …
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there were toxins and contaminants clogging your hearteries building waste upon waste” he says to switch your “taste” and prescription from “generic brands” ...
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