The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• Treecats have 3 fingers and a poseable thumb and a massive obsession for celery as far as I can tell. (Broomsticks and Owls forum, Jul 09, 2004)
• The hands are simple with a fixed thumb and a poseable index finger which hold the one weapon fairly well. (link)
• The human thumb is fully posable. It rotates in many directions. (link)
• The removal of the foreskin is NOT what seperates us from the animals either, we have a poseable thumb, we walk upright, we live in groups of others who we don’t know, we have a currency system and a society. (alt.circumcision, Jun 8, 2003)

Spotted in the wild:

• Your gross stupidity and parochial in-bred attitudes are alarming — even for a right-wind nut (Right Wing Nut House, blog comment, May 3, 2005)
• His government was preceded by a left-wind government who attempted to negotiate with the Palestinian side and their answer was a huge outbreak of violence. (Political Crossfire forum, Oct 17, 2004)
• The only good thing that will come out of this being substantiated is being able to watch the wind nuts try to spin it. (USCHO forum, July 2, 2005)
• No, this has nothing to do with a “good ole boys club” so you left-wind feminists can calm down. (The Chronicle of Higher Education, forum post, Nov 29, 2004)
• Catholicism and right-wind politics expurge any serious debate on this issue. (Guardian News blog, comment, February 22, 2005)

Spotted in the wild:

• “The dye is cast. The people will speak and I am hoping that the outcome will be an MDC victory,” he told reporters. (CNN, March 31, 2005)
• Once the PR and marketing dye is cast, what’s a creative person to do? (OzOnline)
• There are dead suns, smoldering suns, and lit suns, and the dye is cast in this matter when the suns are first formed. (ZetaTalk, Jul 15, 1995)
• No, the media will make sure that the public knows good and well who Wes Clark is by the time the dye is cast. (Pipeline, blog entry, September 16, 2003)

Spotted in the wild:

• And in fact people who have post-dramatic stress disorder probably experience some form of allostatic load because of their over-reactivity to things that don’t bother normal people. (ABC.net.au, interview transcript, April 13, 1998)
• On Oct. 3, crown attorney Steve Coroza expressed his concern that information submitted to his office late last week claiming Maodus suffers from post dramatic stress disorder ( PDSD ) could weigh heavily on the case — and as a result asked the judge to push back the date for trial. (The Orangeville Banner, Oct 7, 2005)
• If you know of anyone that I can get Zanax from (I cant sleep the last year due to post dramatic stress syndrome) let me know. (RxList message board, 7 February 2004)
• the stress that caused the post dramatic stress disorder occured last year while he was in school […] (alt.support.anxiety-panic.moderated, Nov 8, 2003)
• About Flashbacks… I know it’s sort of like reliving the high for a little bit… sort of like post dramatic stress syndrome that Vietnam Veterans get and shit…. and I’ve also heard that LSD Flashbacks are incredibly rare. (alt.drugs.pot, Aug 16, 2002)

Spotted in the wild:

• I was passing the Sheraton in Baghdad where I am currently working and found these kids playing with the barred wire which is supposed to stop pedestrians. (InterAction, photo caption, 2004)
• The impenetrable barrier of briars, undergrowth and barred wire. (Fellowship of Isis, 2003)
• Beyond the trenches, at a grenade throws distance, lay the barred wire entanglements and beyond that the narrow strip which divided the opposing trenches “no man’s land”. (Bandon War Memorial Committee)
• A family party of Stonechats used the barred wire fence as a base for sorties into the rushes. (Stephen North's blog, September 19, 2003)
• The helicopter hesitated to turn, started to turn east, drifted north, hooked a barred wire fence with the right side skid, and lost control. (National Transportation Safety Board (USA), incident report, Feb 2000)