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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I found this phrase here:
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/vi … 1f43b2d856
“We all deserve second chances to rewrite wrongs of our past [...]”
[edit: This should be an eggcorn because it has a meaning similar to but different from (and making as much sense as) the original.
The original phrase deals with turning things back right-side-up, setting things right that were wrong. Re-writing is like re-writing your history, going back and undoing wrongs. It’s different, but it makes as much sense.]
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polyglots of the world, unite ~ we have nothing to lose but our accents!
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Seems pretty eggcornish to me… If you rewrote the wrongs of the past, perhaps they would be made right.
Feeling quite combobulated.
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