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#1 2007-03-20 10:51:55

cfrolio
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Registered: 2007-03-20
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"stir/stirred me wrong" for "steer/steered me wrong"

An email from a friend had the phrase “I know you’d never stir me wrong.” and it seemed like more than a misspelling. Google turns up a few instances:

“So I knew he was never going to stir me wrong in the name of playing on my skin tone just to make a buck.”
http://www.independentconservative.com/2007/01/30/

“I just wanted a pet, and the people at the feed store stirred me wrong.”
http://sablechicken.blogspot.com/2005/1 … -name.html

It kind of makes sense, like you’re getting stirred around and pointed in the wrong direction.

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#2 2017-11-29 16:47:41

Dixon Wragg
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From: Cotati, California
Registered: 2008-07-04
Posts: 1375

Re: "stir/stirred me wrong" for "steer/steered me wrong"

Yeah, and here’s the variation I just encountered:

As long as you have someone stirring the boat, shit can work just fine.
nerd discussion

I agree that this could be an eggcorn in some instances, especially when one considers the possible influence of “stirring the pot”.

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#3 2017-11-29 21:55:16

burred
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From: Montreal
Registered: 2008-03-17
Posts: 1112

Re: "stir/stirred me wrong" for "steer/steered me wrong"

The 300 hits for stirring wheel suggest it might be a bum stir, all the same.

On the night before Christmas all through the house not a creature was steering, not even a mouse 🎁🎅🏼🎄
http://www.pictame.com/user/jessica.wal … 1518351511

Last edited by burred (2017-11-30 11:07:02)

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