The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• If you are like most people, and have an answering machine or service through your telephone provider, the caller will leave a message and you can answer and return the calls on YOUR schedule. It is OK not to be at everyone’s beckoned call 24 hours a day. (link)
• Every Jewish Wedding requires the participation of a Jewish Rabbi. In the process of the wedding planning, a Rabbi is not always immediately at your beckoned call. (link)
• The Federal Cavalry in 1863 had been converted into a well organized and formidable fighting force. The days of federal scouting and outpost duty had come to an end. With renewed confidence, the federal horse soldier was able to remain in the saddle pressing forward at the army’s beckoned call. (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• Looking at the sex scene in Bangkok and other areas of Thailand on any night about town. This is a no-holds-barrel report with places, attractions, prices and what to really expect. (link)
• The discussion leader was energetic and informative. He was truthful in his presentation and his ‘no holds barrel’ approach makes the realism of this course so much more believable. (link)
• It could have been great: JC making a real, excessive, no-holds-barreled, hong-kong movie… (link)
• About the information published, it is absolutely ground breaking and no holds barrelled. Keep it up! (link)
• Described as a no-holds barrel death match, Battle Mode can be quite exhilarating thanks to the jump pads spaced throughout the rolling hills. (link)
• Ken Shamrock, the first King of Pancrase, three-time Ultimate Fighting Superfight Champion, winner of numerous bar brawls and Toughman wars, widely regarded as the finest no-holds-barrel fighter in the world, is being booed. (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• A poorly made soldered joint for example may appear to be satisfactory at the fill pressure, and detection will only be possible if the pressure is raised. Such a joint is often said to be ‘hanging by a hare’s breath’, and needs additional pressure to expose the fault. (Marley Plumbing and Drainage)
• OPEC increased its estimate for demand for its oil by around 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 28.7 million bpd for the first quarter, and to 28.5 million bpd for the rest of the year. This is a hare’s breath short of the 29 million bpd average the cartel produced last year, but even that figure is likely to be a conservative estimate. (Daily Star, January 24, 2005)
• Putting Freight Customers First has been our goal since our first five-year lease with the West Virginia State Rail Authority. Reliable and responsive freight hauling has been restored to a line that was within a hare’s breath of abandonment. (railroaddata.com)
• This is the point where he will make his first realistic offer. If you still think the price is too high then reciprocate with your final counter offer and see if he budges. Make it just a hare’s breath higher than your original offer and gauge his reaction. (Cruise Guide: How to bargain?)

Spotted in the wild:

• gah, im getting those problems today! whoa is me! wow, talk about a jinx………GRRRR (WordPress support forum)
• Dang, I’m ruined I’ll never be able to post here again. Whoa is me. Cats are man’s best friend, they just won’t stoop to admitting it. (link)