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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I wouldn’t have supposed that ‘fetal’ is a particularly esoteric word, but this substitution occurs over 20,000 times:
The Broken Cord seats the tragedy of fatal alcohol syndrome squarely in our laps and forces us to take a look.
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/009121829090098P
What are the chances of my baby having fatal alcohol syndrome? I just found out today that I was 8 weeks pregnant but I have been drinking …
www.funadvice.com/q/what_are_the_chance … aby_having
Such was their commitment to these children whose condition of fatal alcohol syndrome (FAS) caused by the excessive drinking of women while there are …
www.polity.org.za/article.php?a_id=109032
Department of Pediatrics – The University of Oklahoma Health …
The Lip-Philtrum Guide is available in English and Russian translation at the Fatal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic & Prevention Network website .
devbehavpeds.ouhsc.edu/rfas-aucd.asp
There are a lot of long-term effects, but the most serious one is fatal alcohol syndrome, which is a disease caused when drinking during pregnancy.
www.freestudentedu.com/free_essays_id_887_Alcohol.php
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Good eggcorn.
There are also thousands of hits for “fatal position” in contexts that require “fetal position.” Another eggcorn, I think. The curled posture of the fetal position is one in in which people die while hunkering down to avoid a threat. Or one which people assume in order to avoid becoming a fatality.
Sample:
“Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fatal position. You should too in an earthquake, it is a natural safety/survival instinct.” (Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fatal position. You should too in an earthquake, it is a natural safety/survival instinct.)
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Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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