The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• The power of His mighty hand,
  Which saved my soul from Hell;
  Stands ready at my beacon call,
  My worries to dispel.
  (Poetry from the Psalms, 1994)
• God Who knows everything about us, is watching us, and crossing His arms, and shaking His head at our audacity at expecting Him to be at our beacon call whenever we want, while we just go our own little way, doing our own little thing, doing whatever we want, when we want. (FaithWriters.com, Mar. 19, 2004)
• Now that I am able to put my full concentration on EPI/PPT I am at your beacon call to answer questions, and assist you if you choose to join the best thing I have ever seen. (Money Talk forum, Nov. 4, 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• The Israelis are sort of soft-peddling it and saying that they’re very content with the way the United States is handling the Middle East and they’re not really happy that such a deal might have been offered. (Dept. of State Daily Press Briefing, Aug. 12, 1994)
• Apparently assured that he had won Yel’tsin’s endorsement, Rodionov launched attacks against the government for non-payment of funds, against ‘new Russians’ for ruining the Armed Forces, and against Baturin for soft-peddling the dire circumstances of the military. (NIS Observed, Mar. 5, 1997)
• At the start of the Third Reich, therefore, Hitler’s government soft-peddled its antisemitism, and Hitler carefully steered a course between what he would like to do and what was possible, given public opinion at home and abroad. (Social Outsiders in Nazi Germany, 2001)
• Hyejin Jae, a classmate also spurned by Berkeley and UCLA, worries that she hurt her chances by soft-peddling family hardships. (Wall St. Journal, July 12, 2002)
• Education that soft-peddles the flaws of the Democrats will hurt the left. (New Politics, Summer 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• Yet it’s so pedal-to-the-medal for most of its runtime that it’s hard not to get caught up in the swirling adrenaline. (UCLA Daily Bruin, Nov. 1, 1996)
• Pedal to the medal, 90 mph, “I can’t hold her together much longer, captain” bluegrass. (Univ. of Mississippi Daily Mississippian, Mar. 24, 2000)
• Mr. Russert, I was so upset by the things my wife said, I put the pedal to the medal and one of these police officers came up behind me with the flashing light and said, ‘you’re going 40 in a 25 I want to see your license and registration.’ (American University commencement address, Tim Russert, May 8, 2005)

Spotted in the wild:

• They talk of building character and testing their metal and learning life’s lessons. (Concordia College, Cobber Sports Perspectives, Apr. 10, 1989)
• We have demanded more of them than they thought they were capable. We have tested their metal. (Baylor Law School commencement address, Nov. 6, 1999)
• Though the Eagles came out on top with a 10-point victory, the Eutectics proved their metal, staging multiple comebacks throughout the game. (Asbury College Collegian, Feb. 26, 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• Remember how important it is to cease the day, how important it is to treat each other kindly and not to hoard unnecessary quantities of resources while your neighbors are starving. (Indybay.org, Jan. 27, 2003)
• Cease the day when the opportunity arises. (Happy Hollow Elementary School, Team Philosophy, Spring 2004)
• To some it may be saying: Carpe Diem! Cease the day; make every opportunity count. (Asbury Theological Seminary Blog, Nov. 8, 2004)
• In June of 1999, the Chinese premiere offered lots of concessions to satisfy American demands, but unfortunately, Pres. Clinton did not cease the opportunity. (Prof. Fei-Ling Wang, CNN chat transcript, Sep. 22, 1999)
• “These are mostly crimes of opportunity,” he said. “They notice that no one is around and cease the opportunity to walk in and pretty much go shopping in someone’s room.” (Indiana University Daily Student, Aug. 3, 2000)
• You have the chance to be involved in the process of change and I sincerely hope that you cease the opportunity by joining your colleagues in this significant worldwide financial service industry event. (International Financial Intermediary, Oct. 2004)