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Thread poster: Amy Duncan (X)
Amy Duncan (X)
Amy Duncan (X)  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 12:03
Portuguese to English
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Feb 15, 2009

Thought some of you might enjoy this article:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0213/p18s01-hfes.html
 
Russell Jones
Russell Jones  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:03
Italian to English
Or more often in their mouths! Feb 15, 2009

Thank you Amy. Very entertaining.
 
Michael Barnett
Michael Barnett
Local time: 11:03
English
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Delightful! Feb 16, 2009

Is an eggcorn somehow related to an eggtopic pregnancy?

Michael
 
Jack Doughty
Jack Doughty  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:03
Russian to English
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In memoriam
Proz.com eggcorn? Feb 16, 2009

The eggcorn "prose.com" for "proz.com" takes you to the website of a software company called "Ensemble".
 
Andy Watkinson
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Spain
Local time: 17:03
Member
Catalan to English
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What can I say..... Feb 16, 2009

except......

"Know that the Lord is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make:
We are his folk, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth a steak....."

As heard by many a schoolchild.

Andy
 


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