The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• “After a twenty year school reunion, a group of partnerless women decide to re-evoke the solidarity of their teenage years and make a pack to procreate—en masse.” (link)
• “When Matt comes to in his hospital bed, he notices very quickly that although he is without sight, somehow, his other four senses have become very acute, particularly his hearing. He and father make a pack to go the long road, but the pre-Daredevil looses his Dad when Jack refuses to throw a fight.” (link)
• ” And therefore when they stand in fear of loosing any of those who are occupying their pews; they make a pack with Satan and cease not to bring riling acquisitions against the true men of God and the denial of the gospel of God and its true salvation as it was preached by Peter and the rest of the apostles on the day of Pentecost.” (link)
• ““You can’t make a packed with the abyss and not path the price!” the devil himself spat back at her.” (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• “There is no doubt for those who are willing to undertake the term in a fast majority of cases, results are impressive and permanent if the exercise advise is followed on a regular basis.” (Back Care Specific Training:)
• ” While the risk of HIV infection continues beyond the age of 50, the fast majority of people with substantial risk behaviour are likely to have become infected by this age.” (AVERT: Understanding HIV and AIDS Statistics)

Spotted in the wild:

• “Little wonder Buddhism spread like wildflowers.” (link)
• “In the early 1960s, rock and roll was spreading like wildflowers.” (student paper, quoted by Michael Quinion on ADS-L, 12 May 2005)
• “Everyone wants to get to the front, Everyone wants to move on, Change the course of their life, The mob mentality spreads like wildflower…” (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• Suddenly a bus pulled up next to a small group of poor Nepalese children sitting alongside the road, a fairly large American woman pushed a $10 bill through the window and shoved it in front of one of the children’s faces. I was uphauled. (link)
• I was shocked and uphauled at the actions and rash minds of certain people. (link)
• After reading last weeks article about the prospect of Hector not fighting and staying in Troy with his family, I have to say I am uphauled by your lack of up to date facts. (link)
• I was completely uphauled by this, and so promptly turned around and tried to get as many people interested as I could in Linux. (link)
• It’s probably because this is such a student-based town, but the anti-war following in this town is uphauling. (link)
• The violence that the media portrays as entertainment is uphauling to me. (link)
• Having a 3-day rally event summarized in one little hour is uphauling. (link)
• What makes the style so uphauling that we’re forbidding its return? (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• Meanwhile, the EU High Representative of Foreign and Defence Policy Xavier Solana warned the armed Palestinian organizations to accept seize fire, or else economic sanctions would be imposed against them. (Hellenic Radio News, June 21, 2003)
• And there’s territories west of Nagorno-Karabakh between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, which are occupied by Armenian forces as a result of the stalemate or the seize fire that ended the war. (Department of Defense news transcript, Dec. 2, 2003)
• It was later discovered that both Yoruba and the Hausa elders in the area tried to quell the situation when it first started but that their constant plea for a seize fire was said to have fell on deaf ears as the youths from both groups went for each others’ throat in what could aptly be described as a free-for-all fight. (allAfrica.com, Apr. 26, 2005)
• So I would encourage you, if you are doing that, to seize and desist. (House Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research, hearing transcript, May 13, 1998)
• That person had left the company, but she was allowed to take here e-mail address with her and we had five days to respond to the seize and desist order, and we did not even know about it because Conny was away and her private e-mail of course was not answered and so forth. (WIPO transcript, Toronto regional consultation, Jan. 19, 1999)
• On August 24, 2000, the representative of the Complainant sent a warning letter to the Respondent (Mr. Mike Flowers) asking to seize and desist from using the domain name “cellcontrol.com”, and to transfer this domain name to the Complainant. (WIPO Administrative Panel Decision, Nov. 6, 2000)
• Peru never seizes to amaze me. There are still lost cities to be found in the jungle today. (link)