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#1 2008-04-14 08:22:02

Peter Forster
Eggcornista
From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1258

'quarterise' for 'cauterise'

Quarterise/quarterize in its eggcorn guise could, I suppose, indicate a 75% reduction in symptoms, but I am not convinced. It is surprisingly common though…


27 Jul 2006 … For 20 min. you can boil water start a fire, quarterise a wound ,signal help , and melt metal It comes with its own striker ,did I mention …
www.adkforum.com/archive/index.php?t-298.html – 34k – Cached


... who would cut themselves to the point at which they had needed emergency medical help to stop bleeding or quarterise arteries. After speaking with their …
www.hitmanforum.com/forum/ index.php?act=findpost&pid=1110322 – 79k – Cached


i hate nose bleeds they always happen to me, do they happen to you? ive had my nose quarterized twice for those of u whodont know what that is the dont cut …
www.virginradio.co.uk/vip/profile/ virginrobert/blog/14687/nose_bleeds.html


... so don’t tell me there is no price – what is the real cost when the very means of expressing oneself is surgically quarterized from society? ...
intelligentsingaporean.wordpress.com/wee-shu-min/ – 262k – Cached

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