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Re: More Friday Fun: Archie Bunker-style mangled expressions

Subject: Re: More Friday Fun: Archie Bunker-style mangled expressions
From: Janice Gelb <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 09:29:13 -0700

Jones, Donna wrote:


I found a site that lists several phrases that are typically distorted
because people are used to hearing them rather than seeing them in
print. There are some amusing ones.
http://slacker.com/things/pullet-surprise.php

Anyone have any other good ones that aren't mentioned on the site?

These are often also called "eggcorns" and you can
find an extensive database of them at
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/

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