Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Brand new eggcorn never heard before (at least not by me)

This evening on Radio National's Australia Talks (and I wonder if that's next for the axe): 'We're not going to pamper to them ...'

(She meant pander.)

And speaking of pandas (see what I did there?), a bonus beautiful phrase: charismatic megafauna.
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3 comments:

  1. naomiNovember 5, 2008 at 9:02 AM

    my moistie reminded me of one of his best this morning ... only makes sense if you imagine bondage - 'I'm not into SMS'

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  2. AnonymousNovember 5, 2008 at 11:50 AM

    I read "air on the side of" this morning instead of "err".

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  3. AnonymousNovember 8, 2008 at 10:45 AM

    Oh goodness, eggcorns are everywhere. Today I read "chock one up" for "chalk one up", and no, it didn't make any sense her way.

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