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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Headline in the weekend edition of the Sydney Morning Herald 4-5 October 2008, pg. 11, in an article about Aboriginal welfare: “Proving his metal in search for jobs”.
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Welcome to the forum, kas. This reshaping is already included in the Eggcorns Database; it’s here: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/453/metal/
The entry’s worth reading—it notes that “mettle” originally started out as a variant spelling of “metal.”
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I hadn’t thought about this recently, but ‘proving his medal’ may be an improvement on ‘metal.’ e.g.,
In conclusion, Iraqi security forces are proving their medal every day on the streets in various operations.
www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_c … &Itemid=30
One afternoon while chopping Jesse would once again prove his medal.
www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1090389
So about 5 more days of freedom before I have to turn on the afterburners and prove my medal to become a Marine Corps Officer. ...
www.waterlanecrew.com/2007/11/06/vacation-bitches-2/
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