The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• Yet it’s so pedal-to-the-medal for most of its runtime that it’s hard not to get caught up in the swirling adrenaline. (UCLA Daily Bruin, Nov. 1, 1996)
• Pedal to the medal, 90 mph, “I can’t hold her together much longer, captain” bluegrass. (Univ. of Mississippi Daily Mississippian, Mar. 24, 2000)
• Mr. Russert, I was so upset by the things my wife said, I put the pedal to the medal and one of these police officers came up behind me with the flashing light and said, ‘you’re going 40 in a 25 I want to see your license and registration.’ (American University commencement address, Tim Russert, May 8, 2005)

Spotted in the wild:

• The logic game involves moving Barbie around a group of baby cuddlefish and quieting their crying. (GZ Kidzone)
• From the ocean comes what we’ve feasted on daily: mahi-mahi, wahoo, yellowfin tuna, lobster too large to feed four people, reef crab, coconut crab, fresh water prawns, cuddlefish (like a big squid- makes incredible calamari). (Offshore Odysseys)
• Frutti Di Mare Alla Como
  Marinated octopus, calamari and cuddlefish
  $7.95 (menu of the Como Inn, Chicago)
• Squids and cuddlefish are modern decendants of the the orthoceris. (link)
• Here divers will find the flamboyant cuddlefish, whose ability to flash an array of colors is simply amazing. (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• He says it makes him weep when he sees them poor diluted fools going around and thinking they is well men, talking and laughing and marrying and giving in to marriage right on the edge of the grave. (Danny's Own Story, by Don Marquis, 1912)
• No, it comes from plain, simple spite. Spite, caused by people who think the average Mac user is some sad, diluted fool who doesn’t “know any better”. (Capitalist Lion, June 24, 2003)
• Can we ever again be diluted into believing sanctions work? (OpinionJournal reader response, Nov. 2003)
• Obviously buoyed by the self-diluted notion of momentum and the L.A. Times Poll thru the Conservative echo chamber buzz, the Bush camp and the RNC knew damn well the contents of Miller’s speech – and, pulled the trigger on another ‘slam dunk’, anyway. (Democrats & Liberals, Sep. 6, 2004)
• Indeed, these diluted souls (as represented by Mr. Carlson above) feel they have the right to tell a worldwide religious organization who should lead them. (Righting Wisconsin, Apr. 22, 2005)

Spotted in the wild:

• While I agree that comparisons between Al Queda and a trained national military force is short sided, dhoyt, I would not agree that religious martyrdom and cold blooded murder are in any way the same (besides, wouldn’t angry, indiscriminate terrorists be committing hot blooded manslaughter?). (MetaFilter)
• I don’t think there is one group of people that is greedy and then us poor people aren’t greedy that I think is silly, but I do think people are short sided. I think record companies are short sided and created and exasperate a lot of these problems so I hold my industry accountable and we always were the elite kind of store with out industry anyways. (link)
• “I think it is very short-sided to contaminate the environment for a short-term gain,” Post said. (Odessa American Online, 09 June 2005)
• If true, this practice is at once both unnecessary and incredibly short-sided. (link)
• I think that it’s very much a short sided “might makes right policy” that really needs to change. (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• They believe that because I want to continue this relationship I am taking myself down a trail of pain and heartship. (link)
• I am desperate - I earned 80K a year and losing this LTD is a major heartship for me - My COBRA expires in 7 days so I also have to pay for RX’s going forward - which I was prepared for - so now - I am faced with do I pay my mortgage or buy drugs? (link)
• Your financial heartship may be their crucible to true adulthood. (link)
• I hope that some people make it out, just to save the little sister in high school the heartship of hearing that their brother is dead b/c of a heroin overdose. (link)
• Time To Profit From Financial Heartship (link)
• can i get my heartship license when im 15 so i can ride alone the reason im asking is i have no ride to school (link)
• Don’t be so quick to claim heartship, many people from my home town died at ground zero, including a great long-time friend who worked at KF. (link)