The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• I think everyone has a superstitious side. Have you ever seen pennies around blackjack tables? There is an old wise tale having to do with heads and tails. People throw them at the side of the table and depending on the outcome…they may play or move on! (Let's Talk Winning, Jan. 31, 2002)
• Re: Will surfing with a cold make me sicker, or is that an old wives tale?
  Its just an old wise tale, the salt water will clean out your sinuses and you’ll feel like a million bucks after a nice session of surf. (SurferMag Message Boards, Jan. 23, 2004)
• i have been told, by an old time hatcher, that cooler hatching temps produce more of one sex then the other. has anyone ever experienced this or what he just feeding me an old wise tale? (GardenWeb Farm Life Forum, Feb. 4, 2005)
• I don’t think that’s really true; it’s more like an unsubstantiated wise tale. (Orientation and Mobility listserv, Oct. 6, 2004)
• Take for an example a CEO who can’t get email to members of his board, his investors, or even his grandmother because his company’s email system has been blacklisted. Seem like a wise tale? It’s not. The filtering of legitimate email is now an everyday occurrence. (Chip's Deliverability Tips, Aug. 18, 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• Scan only the directory. Hackers can make symoblic links to actual programs in other directories so a program thinks their in one directory when they really aren’t. In lame man’s terms… a shortcut to the real file, all they do is put the real file outside the punkbuster or game directory and if punkbuster uses it they would break your new EULA… IT WON’T WORK. (link)
• To summarize: they ARE your IISP, or Internet Infrastructure Service Provider. Or in lame man’s terms, they are the company that develops routing methods which allows your pocket to be delivered from east to west in the matter of <50ms instead of your typical 150ms from anywhere within USA. (comp.dcomp.xdsl list)
• Mostly for revenge purposes… I’ll put it in lame man’s terms; A great amount of the people that I absolutely despise are involved in the TA community (link)
• So he translated that she has a very very small infarct on her kidney. Which, in lame man’s terms, means her kidney is shrinking. Very little. He said it is not uncommon in old cats. (TheCatSite.com)
• I’d get up and help them fight against the plague’s evil, though, to my avail they are deceased. I say it in such lame-man’s terms, but i have become numb to any heartache, any pain. (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• At 46, Feeley is a dead wringer for Henry Winkler, but speaks with the controlled growl of Clint Eastwood. (Philadelphia Business Journal)
• Highly dramatic and darkly pretty, Palmer’s voice is a dead wringer for Tori Amos’s. (NY Rock Confidential)
• Benigni plays a simple guy who ends up being a dead wringer for a local gangster. (Epinions.com)

Spotted in the wild:

• Order enough seafood salad from your local deli and serve in small bowls lined with red lettuce, pastry shells, or phyllo cups. Sprinkle top with pepperica or sliced black olives. (link)
• Ingredients
  chicken wings
  garlic
  honey
  soy souce
  Pepperika (parenthood.com)
• “Halibut Royale”
  Ingredients:
  1.5 lbs halibut (steaks)
  1 cup white wine (I used 3/4 cup white grape juice & 1/4 cup white wine vinegar)
  2 tsp salt
  1/2 cup fine bread crumbs
  1/2 cup sour cream
  1/2 cup mayonnaise (I use light, no cholesterol mayo).
  1/4 cup minced green
  onions
  pepperika (sp?) (rec.food.cooking)

Spotted in the wild:

• When my camera got taken away at the door, due to my not being put down for a photo pass, I said, what the heck, I’ll get a T-shirt and that will make up for it. When they were out of the size I wanted at the merchandise table I gave up and decided to enjoy the concert, pure and simple, no stings attached – I propped myself up against the bar and took in the smells, sights and sounds of the Le Tigre show. (The Strand, December 4, 2003)
• Tired of diving by yourself? […] Refer two friends to take an Open Water Diver class at the Peninsula Diving Center. After they successfully complete the class and get certified, we pay you $50 in cash - no waiting, no tricky forms - no stings attached! (Peninsula Diving Center)
• That was very thoughtful he thought to himself. It wasn’t everyday that you got a thank you [from a rejected candidate after a job interview]. And with no stings attached. Classy! (Retail Career)