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eggcorn (i wanna keel! keel!)

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Ann Burlingham

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Jul 29, 2005, 10:27:30 AM7/29/05
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A correspondent pointed out that I should alert the Eggcorn Patrol to
this, from Another Newsgroup:

> i think the only time i'll be with another woman is
> if we split or he kills over.

-Ann, thinking about ink pins

--
What use was it having all that money if you could never sit still
or just watch your cattle eating grass?
- Alexander McCall Smith, _The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency_

Chris F Waigl

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Jul 29, 2005, 11:57:49 AM7/29/05
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Ann Burlingham wrote:
> A correspondent pointed out that I should alert the Eggcorn Patrol to
> this, from Another Newsgroup:
>
>
>>i think the only time i'll be with another woman is
>>if we split or he kills over.

[How sad for her.]

A hard-to-google eggcorn, but I like a challenge.
<http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/489/kill/>

ChrisW
the eggcorn patrol never sleeps
(but now _really_ needs to go out and get something to eat,
otherwise someone might kill over)

Ann Burlingham

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Jul 29, 2005, 1:19:49 PM7/29/05
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Chris F Waigl <cwa...@free.fr> writes:
> Ann Burlingham wrote:
> > A correspondent pointed out that I should alert the Eggcorn Patrol to
> > this, from Another Newsgroup:
> >
> >>i think the only time i'll be with another woman is
> >>if we split or he kills over.
>
> [How sad for her.]

an excape for the rest of us, believe me.

Chris F Waigl

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Jul 29, 2005, 4:22:17 PM7/29/05
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Ann Burlingham wrote:
> Chris F Waigl <cwa...@free.fr> writes:
>
>>Ann Burlingham wrote:
>>
>>>A correspondent pointed out that I should alert the Eggcorn Patrol to
>>>this, from Another Newsgroup:
>>>
>>>
>>>>i think the only time i'll be with another woman is
>>>>if we split or he kills over.
>>
>>[How sad for her.]
>
> an excape for the rest of us, believe me.
>

Ah, THAT Other Place. Not the Other Other Place.

I see what you mean. Time to reclaim it, methinks.

ChrisW

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