The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• I’d pay 100 bux on paper view to see Tyson fight Tito. (Elite Fitness forum, Oct. 13, 2001)
• The following is an artist’s rendering of what The Deceased Man looked like at ‘Mania (for those of you too cheap to order the paper-view). (Online Onslaught, Mar. 18, 2004)
• Don’t worry, it’ll be on paper-view. (Nebraska Wesleyan University Reveille, Nov. 5, 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• Yegor, a writer and a friend of Matveyev whose last name is not given, writes several letters to her from the Crimea, describing how he is trying to come to turns with his homosexual thoughts and urges. (St. Petersburg Times, Russia, July 6, 1999)
• Take steps to come to turns with your demons. (Gothamist blog comment, Apr. 22, 2004)
• This is a psychological thriller about Donnie coming to turns with his destiny. (Raritan Valley Community College Record, Oct. 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• This generation is wild awake and are willing and able to resist tyranny and sadism exhibited by the likes of Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju. (Nigeria World, Jan. 30, 2002)
• If Jesus in the gospel in the time of agony turned to friends and they were sleeping, I hope that the three Sisters will say, “In our agony they turned to some friends and the friends are wild awake and willing to help and to be with them.” (Homily of Bishop Luis Antonio G. Tagle, May 5, 2003)
• Mr Wilson said the “Ghanaians are wild awake this time as far as politics and electoral issues are concerned unlike previously when people were deceived to vote for parties”. (Ghana Web, Jan. 3, 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• I went home after track practice that day and balled my eyes out. (Wells College Athletic Awards Banquet Address, 2001)
• “It felt so good all I could do was cry,” he said. “I just balled my eyes out.” (Southern Illinois University, Daily Egyptian, Fall 2003)
• I cried my eyes out with tears of joy when Sammy Mac scored the equaliser and then balled my eyes out in despair when Sunderland scored the winner. (BBC, Manchester United fan memories, Apr. 28, 2005)

Spotted in the wild:

• “Rhead became a huge success within the ceramics and pottery industry owning to his ability to adapt to changing tastes and new forms of art.” (link)
• “… to support the granting of a variance from the terms of the Billerica Zoning By-Law owning to circumstances relating to soil conditions, shape, …” (link)
• “Today, owning to several factors including government sector reform policy, the world-wide trend of rapid development in telecommunications and information …” (link)
• “Dell owns his success to the focusing on his customers…” (link)
• “ ‘I own my success to education.’ Kamen also describes his father as his personal hero, …” (link)