The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• I guess the die-hearted reggae fans will say, ‘wha! Me no like dat,’ but is just a next aspect of the music still. (Mutabaruka: The Ultimate Interview, Apr. 3, 1998)
• Not being brought up “die-hearted” (or is it “dye-hearted”), I honestly have a hard time understanding how some people can join actually join one of our major political parties. (Jamaica Gleaner, Sep. 25, 2002)
• Lard as William was often called is a carpenter by trade and the area’s political activist. A die-hearted comrade. (Jamaicans.com, Apr. 1, 2003)
• Ten Sports will live telecast Pak-India series in view to facilitate million of die hearted fans of hockey. (PakTribune, Sep. 22, 2004)
• If I now say that the direction of the SDF cannot be predicted even with Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, some die-hearted followers will call me names. (Cameroon Post Online, Nov. 8, 2004)
• The season for these hatches runs a little later in the northern areas, so if you are a die-hearted sulfur or cahill fan, the best advice I can give you is head north young man. (Lebanon (PA) Daily Times, June 5, 2005)
• “The RSS faction was pressing for more power in the government and in fear of this, the PM has not given enough power upon Mr. Advani, a die-heart RSS man before he left for foreign tour”, said a non-RSS BJP leader of West Bengal. (Calcutta Online, Sep. 27, 1998)
• Rayamajhi said that a die-heart Nepali football fan Bikram Subba who has been living in Germany for 11 years persuaded him to play there. (Kathmandu Post, June 10, 2003)
• Music from all different genres….of rock will be played. Requests are encouraged from our “die-heart” fans (and you will be “die-heart” after you hear us once) at Goucher and throughout the country…and even the world. (Goucher College Student Radio)

Spotted in the wild:

• “Google recently started wheedling down a long list of investment banks it approached earlier this month about underwriting the offering, which could be worth from $15 billion to $25 billion, the executives said.” (link)
• “Strive to use 10% of your earnings monthly to wheedle down all of your credit card, home and/or other interest continuously.” (link)
• “Hence there develops the need for a “weeding out” process to wheedle down the number of submitted paintings for a proposed exhibition to something …” (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• “Martha screamed out underneath me as I pumped her faster than before. I could feel her shutter and arch her back up beneath me.” (link)
• “I shutter to think of what our future holds, now more than ever. … I shutter to think that anyone reads her column except for yucks.” (link)
• “I shutter in anticipation.. Then again, maybe I don’t.” (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• “Snooker: Nick left on tenderhooks. MANCHESTER professional Nick Dyson faces an anxious wait to find out whether he will still have a place…” (link)
• “Home Page. Portus has hedge fund industry on tenderhooks. Project runs into stiff opposition by bank-owned firms” (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• A romantic suite with a rod iron queen bed and claw-foot tub/shower. (Front Street Inn, Wilmington, North Carolina)
• $100 Rod Iron Glass End Table
  Come and check out this Rod Iron Glass Top End Table right here in our showroom. (link)
• I have a picture centered in the center on the wall and 2 rod iron sconces on each side with a candle. (link)
• Situated along swirls and scrolls of rod iron assuming a total configuration of the letter S, the metal symbols are chronologically arranged in relation to the legacy responsible for the development of Pine-Strawberry area. (Rim Country News, August 25, 1978)