The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• So we are going to work together as a team, both at the top and the ranking file of this subcommittee, if I have anything to do about it, and as subcommittee chairman I do have something to do about it. (House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce transcript, Feb. 15, 2001)
• They had to basically be approved by not only school committees but all the waivers had to be agreed to by labor management contracts and in some cases that meant that every alternative in a proposal would end up actually having to be voted on by the ranking file at a general assembly meeting. (Brown University, "The Future of Urban Schools" conference transcript, Feb. 15-16, 2001)
• Find ways to involve the ranking file faculty in the capital planning process and to find ways to have a forum for a reaction to propose plans and request prior to submission on each individual project. (North Carolina State University, Minutes of the Faculty Senate, Jan. 25, 2005)

Spotted in the wild:

• I hadn’t realised the comic strips in the funny pages were so deep. I thought Hobbes was just a pigment of Calvin’s imagination. (link)
• Soul mates a pigment of the hyperactive imagination? (link)
• Darfur is not a pigment of a hedonists imagination-it exists and the worst affected are the children-the girls who regardless of age have been raped on countless occasions since the fighting began,the boys who have been forced to become soldiers and murderers,the babies that have died due to starvation. (link)
• This is all just a pigment of anyone’s imagination. (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• Josie turns to Jake, who is, not surprisingly, in cohorts with Cole to get his hands on Tony’s money. (Univ. of Michigan Daily Online, Sep. 23, 1996)
• They maliciously identify several blameless “Goodys,” or wives of Salem, as being in cohorts with the devil. (Univ. of Michigan Daily Online, Jan. 8, 1997)
• He is from Saudi Arabia, was born into the ruling class. He was in cohorts with the government, then decided to go against that. (Richmond.com, Oct. 1, 2001)
• The same group that alleged that Google was in cohorts with the FBI are now saying that they are violating wiretapping laws in California. (LCGrowth Marketing Blog, May 5, 2004)
• Critics accuse the authorities of being in cohorts with developers, hungry for the revenue they can rake in. (Taipei Times, Mar. 22, 2005)

Spotted in the wild:

• The deals were badly done and badly managed. By summer of 2000 all those chickens came home to roast. (Franchising World, June 1, 2003)
• Strange that anyone in the US found it unacceptable to have a game where the player aims and shoots at the former US president. This is a typical “chickens coming home to roast” scenario. (Mail & Guardian Online forum, South Africa, Nov. 23, 2004)
• “Last year Britain’s economy was really very strong, but this year will be the year when the chickens come home to roast,” said Bootle. (The Telegraph, Jan. 16, 2005)

Spotted in the wild:

• If I pay a but kicking price tag for a computer, I expect a but kicking performance from it. (mac-forums.com, July 23, 2004)
• Starring Wesley Snipes, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, and a but-kicking, gun-toting KRIS PISSED-OFFERSON! (link)
• And yes, I had a kick-but chemistry set in third grade and a thriving business in middle/high school making stink bombs, smoke bombs, and pyrotechnics. (link)
• As far as players go, iPod kicks but, and the people have decided they want the best. (macdailynews.com, comment, Feb 28, 2005)
• I like the kind of girl that is but naked and has her legs spread (newgrounds.com, Dec 12, 2004)
• She was but naked on top of me with me still inside her and no cover at all!!! (link)