The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• Our rights as human beings exist from time in memorial. (Transcript of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Clarence Thomas, Oct. 3, 1991)
• And the rule for time in memorial has been that the standard of review is whether or not that agency has abused its discretion, one of the highest standards known to the law. (Transcript of Florida Supreme Court arguments, Gore v. Harris, Dec. 7, 2000)
• Granted, it is complicated sometimes, the ballot measures are — it’s a lot of information to sort out, but so is a candidate campaign and I think we have to put the trust in the voters as we have for time in memorial since we’ve become a state and let them make the decision. (KAET: Horizon, radio transcript, Sep. 22, 2004)
• There have been despotisms from time in memorial. (NBC: Meet the Press, television transcript, Feb. 13, 2005)

Spotted in the wild:

• “I want to arrange a call for Monday or Tuesday to flush out our LPCH requirements and see what we can do given the delay on the test PACS server…” (Stanford interoffice memo, 18 December 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• Americans are always in a rush, always looking at the clock, never waiting patiently. It’s a doggy dog world out there. (link)
• Only those nations survive in this doggy dog world that consider their land, language, culture and freedom above all petty differences of religion, social class, and economic standing. (link)
• the true matter is: it’s a doggy dog world out there and they’re all in it for the money. (link)
• The guard may have just been saying what he thought was expected of him, but you can certainly see how a doggie dog world leads to homophobia. (link)
• He took kids and taught them the ways to become successful in this doggie dog world, including me. (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• “Linda’s dream for the IE Standard is to put in it only what is needed by at least one destination. She wants at all costs to avoid the T. G. lazy-fare to pass through and let the destination figure out what to do.” (Stanford interoffice memo, 17 December 2004)
• “Lazy-Fare Economics. If you’ll permit me to diverge from the ever-so-interesting topic of the social mal-adjustments and sexual deviancies of…” (link)
• “Lazy Fare Capitalism is not enough. In our collaboration called government we must be a responsible consumer, employer and…” (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• “We can make dew with the Tal,” said Yoffie, “and reduce this burdensome legal edifice by 50 percent in the process. As a result, we will do away with … (link)
• “funny song! awesome song! amazing how they can use words from the real song and make dew with them here!” (link)