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Chris -- 2025-05-10
“Avg. HR was very high for me @ nearly 180, my max is close to that 186 you see on this file. For all intensive purposes that’s like a 30 minute interval.”
Found that while browsing an internet cycling forum – the context is some guy talking about his heart rate during a recent race. The only reason I noticed it is because some wag replied to the thread saying that he liked his purposes to be more relaxed (ha ha). I suppose the eggcorn was made even more likely because he was talking about the “intensity” with which he was racing.
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Welcome to the forum, ilpirata. This is a classic—one of the most famous of all eggcorns. It has a Database entry here: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/32 … -purposes/
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