The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• But his first steps in office have shown his opponents, and the world, that he is not the harbringer of hard times for Bulgaria. (Sofia Echo, Feb 22, 2002)
• Drinks arrived quickly and were a harbringer of what was to come—while it is difficult to screw up a soda, the coffee was mediocre and the iced tea was very weak. (RPI Polytechnic Online, Feb 19, 2003)
• Therefore, the only harbringer of change in such a situation seems to be economic or social collapse. (The American Sentimentalist, May 6, 2003)
• Alex Huang, UNC Asheville Atmospheric Sciences Department chair and professor, will discuss “Hurricane Season 2004: Anomaly, Cyclical Pattern, or Harbringer of Global Warming?” (UNC Asheville press release, Nov 10, 2004)
• The truth is a dangerous thing. In the old world, the harbringer of bad news could be put to death. (Christian CADRE)

Spotted in the wild:

• What’s wrong is that we’re constantly putting bloggers up on a pedastool that either get paid for their blogging, or are ALREADY professional writers. (Utopian Hell, Aug. 30, 2004)
• McCain, get a clue — climb out off of your liberal pedastool, and join the party you have all but abandoned! (A Little About Everything, Dec 13, 2004)
• Why is everyone always trying to topple me from this pedastool I have built for myself? (UGO.com Forums, Jan 9, 2005)
• We want our entertainers, though human, on a pedestool not an easy chair, like some of us. (BroadwayWorld forum, Oct. 22, 2003)
• Instead of everyone stepping off their pedestool to create the best end result in the most timely manner, egos and politics dominate even the most so-called creative agencies. (MarketingProfs, Apr 12, 2004)
• In all actuality, it would be an insult to categorize their style. Sure, it is heavy but what they do with it musically is where they stand alone on their petastool. (East Coast Romper)
• I don’t need to spiel on and on about DMB - it’s pretty obvious they are on a pedalstool all alone when it comes to the “best band” arguments. (Amazon customer review, Nov. 5, 2003)
• Beyonce’ gets put up on a pedalstool & the rest of them gets treated like dirt underneath her toe nails. (SOHH Soulful blog comment, May 10, 2006)
• I know what you mean about being put on a pedalstool, it’s a bit like, yeah but if people knew what I was really like then they wouldn’t like me. (Eating Disorders Association Message Board, June 20, 2006)
• I have seen some that are conceded and put themselves on a pedal stool and some that treat you as their brother or sister with the greatest respect. (AllExperts: Neurology, Aug. 21, 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• It has truly been my pleasure to be able to offer something worth wild to this wonderful group. (ArtsEdNet, Apr 19, 2000)
• When, you actually can write a review that symbolizes something worth wild, try being a movie CRITIC again, until then Look for a new career. (Deseret News Reader Reviews, Dec 10, 2002)
• Some argue that the Speaker Calibration and THX setup are really worthwild applications, but I feel they just add to the install, and that’s about it. (PC Perspective Forums, July 29, 2004)
• As much as I hate Windows/Microsoft/Gates, the Longhorn project looks interesting and may actually be worthwild. (Tech Support Guy Forums, Mar 22, 2005)
• How students spend their time in detention is important. If the student does nothing, there is no worthwild learning taking place, and resentment of school builds. (WikEd)

Spotted in the wild:

• But unlike the Times, which has been engaged in a torturous exercise of naval gazing and self-flagellation, with its accustomed arrogance, since it was revealed that one of its younger reporters had committed all sorts of journalistic sins, we are doing something about it, and fast. (Lufkin Daily News, 2003/05/30)
• Conservative naval gazing (Politics Canada, headline)
• okay, fine - i know these are the most boring posts of all - but everyone’s guilty of using their weblog for a bit of naval-gazing here and there, including me. (link)
• *Begin naval gazing ramble* This is a question I have been wrestleing with lately. […] *end naval gazing ramble* (link)
• We don’t want to be dreary old fuddy-duddies whose scowled faces reveal the intensity of our negative naval-gazing. (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• Combined with him are his team, the sanke like Kaidoh, Power hitters, Taka, and Momo, the acrobatic Eiji, the calculating and sometimes saddistic Inui, the genius player Fuji, the inspirational Oishi, and finally the cold-harded and demanding captian Tezuka. (DALnet #anime)
• Drugs and alcohol can do a number on people. It’s a cold harded fact. (link)
• I feel that I am a cold harded person. (link)
• How does the judicial system decide who is fit for the death sentence while other cold harded killers/repeat offenders stay in jail thier whole lives. (link)