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Eggcorns

A list of 48 words by sionnach.

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  • frindley commented on the list eggcorns

    How about: old timers' disease

    April 13, 2008

  • rolig commented on the list eggcorns

    These are great! But what is "grow like top seed" supposed to be?

    December 4, 2008

  • BrainyBabe commented on the list eggcorns

    frog's born

    January 3, 2009

  • bilby commented on the list eggcorns

    Oh dear.

    February 21, 2009

  • Prolagus commented on the list eggcorns

    A friend of mine, from Barcelona, once confessed that whenever I said see ya he heard silla (chair).

    Now we use silla in every letter we send to each other.

    March 2, 2009

  • plethora commented on the list eggcorns

    Sixty-five roses?

    July 3, 2009

  • thesaraheffect commented on the list eggcorns

    A dear, dear friend once said: "It's been like that from the gecko"

    September 19, 2009

  • thesaraheffect commented on the list eggcorns

    Or my beloved mother used to serve "polar sausage"

    September 19, 2009

  • sionnach commented on the list eggcorns

    I like from the gecko so much I'm adding it to the list, even though usage by just one friend of thesaraheffect (albeit a dear, dear one) really amounts to no more than antidotal evidence.

    I confess to being completely baffled by "polar sausage".

    Plethora: I only just saw your suggestion - I'm not sure it qualifies as a pure eggcorn, though, as my understanding is that it is a conscious, deliberate alteration of the term 'cystic fibrosis'.

    September 19, 2009

  • ruzuzu commented on the list eggcorns

    This was one of the first lists I ever looked at here, and it is still one of my favorites. Thank you.

    March 20, 2010

  • bilby commented on the list eggcorns

    Arguably, duct tape is the eggcorn.

    March 20, 2010

  • milosrdenstvi commented on the list eggcorns

    My sister uses day-in-age for day and age.

    March 25, 2010

  • oroboros commented on the list eggcorns

    Just saw this for the first time. Nice work sionnach! How by enlarge?

    July 22, 2010

  • ruzuzu commented on the list eggcorns

    Or hair suit for hirsute?

    December 7, 2010

  • ruzuzu commented on the list eggcorns

    Have you seen parrot phrasing?

    March 28, 2012