The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• Shakespeare’s classic romantic tragedy is transformed into a no-holes barred, punk-inflected Elizabethan stage send-up of the story of a doomed love. (hollywood.com, movie blurb)
• This film is a must for Sean Bean fans, it shows him as a violent no holes barred villain. (lovefilm.com, DVD review)
• “It is a testimony to the strength of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the entire Chevrolet Silverado effort when you are able to get support from an organization the caliber of Rodeway Inn/Econo Lodge,” Labonte concluded. “Having a high-energy, no-holes-barred group like Trick Pony on the side of our truck couldn’t be more perfect for the Martinsville race.” (BobbyLabonte.com, 7 August, 2005)
• “Dumb Girls,” is a self-deprecating, no holes barred look at about getting hoodwinked in the romantic wars. (Todays Women in Music)
• Only in India would Clinton get this kind of no holes barred response. (ZNet Daily Commentary, April 17, 2000)
• Their advice is conveyed through powerful prose sparked with humor, and stunning, no-holes-barred poetry. (U Pittsburgh Press, book review, March 23, 2003)
• Out of eight episodes Marty shot, we selected five of the best including the double-training of two brothers, Roman and Sascha Chaykin, and a training for an everything-goes no-holes-barred orgy. (ohghurl.com, DVD review)

Spotted in the wild:

• The main projected task I set out from the gecko was to contact Rare and inquire about the game itself. (link)
• We concur; spare the tar and ruffle some feathers later. Best the minors know from the gecko that slovenly behavior and poor work ethics will not be tolerated in our civilized society. (link)
• You should let the customer know from the gecko that no creative project has ever finalized as planned. (WebDeveloper Forum)
• Never mind, this cascade is doomed from the gecko. (rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, Aug 9, 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• Gee, look, assholes, the world’s now a different place and your situation has so much improved b/c you killed defenseless citizens that didn’t know you from atom and have no bearing on whatever bullshit persecutions you feel you’ve faced. (filmrot.com, comment, July 7, 2005)
• Or you don’t know me from atom and you’ve only just discovered my blog today, but you are impressed with how utterly confident I sound in propounding my hypothesis, so you figure I must be right and you start telling everybody you meet that they should read “The Thinking Toolbox” because it is the best book ever written on the subject. (Christian Logic.com Catalog)
• Eminem had a track, which was dope. But they shaped the sound of that record and fucked the game up. Now here comes a ni99a like me comes along. He don’t know me from atom, man. (Interview with 9th Wonder, October 30, 2003)
• Someone who talks shit about me and faces me afterwards gains respect from me even if I don’t like what they have to say. While someone who hides behind the scenes and doesn’t know me from atom but talks shit about me just makes me wonder if they need to get a life. (Les Femmes Cafe, guestbook entry)
• Don’t know you from atom. I have no problem with you. (alt.sys.pc-clone.packardbell, Nov 9, 1998)

Spotted in the wild:

• Therefore, as far as Fox News is concerned, the guilt of these first to be court-martialed is a far-gone conclusion, in order for their ‘fair and balanced’ agenda to be successful. (ThatColoredFellasWeblog, May 19, 2004)
• Whenever someone starts comparing the President to Hitler, it is a far-gone conclusion that reason has flown out the window. (Romantic Times forum, January 27, 2005)
• As a resident, and knowing Illinois politics as I do, it has been a far gone conclusion that this is a very safe Kerry Blue State. (Watchblog, comment, June 10, 2004)
• I am sure now, that if this were on the general ballot in November, the vote would’ve been much closer, and not a far-gone conclusion. (Watchblog, August 04, 2004)
• What is only inferred in the article is that the study was based upon the assumption that global warming is a far-gone conclusion. (Slings and Arrows, April 08, 2003)

Spotted in the wild:

• There’s always a good old Tom Collins…..tastes very much like lemon aid. (link)
• i dont know what it was that i was drinking pink lemon-aid and vodka maybe? whatever it was it wasnt all that bad. (Aug 3, 2005)
• Serve with some hot sauce, lemon aid ice tea, french fries or potatoe salad, hot biscuit and a peach cobbler. (Yellowworld Forums, Feb 20, 2003)
• I understand and respect the question, but to me making eggnog without alcohol is akin to making lemon-aid without the lemons. (link)
• Although, we have consciously reduced sugar to almost nothing…we do however need a bit of sweetener on occasion…for example to sweeten lemon aid, or coffee. (True Healty Living, July 10, 2005)