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Chris -- 2025-05-10
On a private mailing list I’m on, somebody mentioned they were a “gluten for punishment”. I’m not sure if this is just a misspelling or an eggcorn, but it was so hilarious I had to share. Looks like it’s been used before, both intentionally and not:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%2 … ishment%22
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I don’t see how it could be an eggcorn, because the meaning connection doesn’t seem to be there, but it’s a cute misspelling! There’s a pun in there somewhere…
Dixon
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If you were gluten-intolerant, it would be a very good eggcorn!
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Possibly said by Marie Antoinette? The punishment being the guillotine. (Oh dear I’m now struggling to stop myself from saying anything about pain being the French word for bread.)
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Sandi wrote:
(Oh dear I’m now struggling to stop myself from saying anything about pain being the French word for bread.)
A shame you lost the struggle! ;^D
Dixon
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Does cake not have gluten?
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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DavidTuggy wrote:
Does cake not have gluten?
Yes, but not nearly as much as bread, David. Bread flour has maybe 14 percent protein, while cake flour has (IIRC) maybe 8 percent so that the end product remains tender.
Last edited by JonW719 (2008-12-08 15:41:05)
Feeling quite combobulated.
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Dixon Wragg wrote:
A shame you lost the struggle ;^D
... If I fight with myself and lose, does that also mean that part of me won?
Last edited by Sandi (2008-12-09 18:29:47)
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