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Subject: eggcorns! :)

hauksdottir opened this issue on May 16, 2005 · 7 posts
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hauksdottir ( ) posted Mon, 16 May 2005 at 7:26 PM · edited Thu, 09 January 2025 at 1:51 PM

Attached Link: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/

The fast majority of you will no doubt tow the line irregardless of any former packs with the devil... others will flush out their pain-staking prose, but, to eachs own. ;^) A friend sent me this link. If you love language in all its usages, even the most peculiar and outrageous, you might want to take a peek. What I especially love is that the citations are real world caught-in-the-wild candid shots. Enjoy! Carolly

dialyn ( ) posted Tue, 17 May 2005 at 8:55 PM

I love this site. It's funny and useful. I hope this information spreads like wildflowers. :D (If you go to the site, you'll know why I wrote that.)

hauksdottir ( ) posted Tue, 17 May 2005 at 9:58 PM

:chuckle: Well, part of the definition is that the eggcorn version is logically defensible... and sometimes poetic or picturesque. I'm not sure if the vivid imagination comes with the migraine or not, but when I read "making packs with the devil" I have to wonder how many devils can you fit into a sardine tin? And "the fast majority" is surely heading lemming-like for a cliff or barreling bull-headed down narrow streets. We might pick a particularly rich example and make a challenge out of it? Carolly

jstro ( ) posted Wed, 18 May 2005 at 8:14 AM

I used to smoke Camels, non-filtered. Guess that was my pack with the Devil. A challenge sounds sort of cool, rememberiscent of Crescents old bad writing challenge. I loved that one (it gave birth to Max). jon

 
~jon
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dido6 ( ) posted Fri, 20 May 2005 at 1:21 AM

This is too cool! :) Thank you for sharing this!

dialyn ( ) posted Fri, 20 May 2005 at 7:37 AM

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=12436&Form.ShowMessage=2265007

Just to keep links together.

hauksdottir ( ) posted Fri, 20 May 2005 at 9:02 AM

I'd noticed and started a couple... but it is hard for me to be THAT brief! :(

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