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Robert Bannister  
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 More options Sep 14 2005, 8:33 pm
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From: Robert Bannister <rob...@it.net.au>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:33:54 +0800
Local: Wed, Sep 14 2005 8:33 pm
Subject: Re: Does NOAA really write this way?
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Ben Zimmer wrote:
> As for the "hearty" eggcorn, I've appended the bulletin to the
> appropriate entry in the Eggcorn Database:

Re. egghorns: I thought I'd found a real goody yesterday, but to be
fair, it was a computer gaming bulletin board and the writer spoiled it
by editing a few minutes later. Still, I did like the way she wanted to
place an object "flesh against the wall". I thought this could be a
metaphor with a future.
--
Rob Bannister

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