May 17, 2013
globochem: Oh my god Sarah inboxed me to let me know she had a doozy of an eggcorn and boy, she wasn’t kidding. Interesting that the “suction” remains intact.  We’re all clear that something is being sucked out. It’s hard to google for any other occurrences of this term, because all you get is pro life sites discussing suction abortion (better known as vacuum aspiration).  I did find lie pro suction, in the comments of a political cartoon that I do not understand. Luckily it is the first comment so you don’t need to scroll down (for the love of pete do not scroll down) In conclusion, learn a book, forum poster: http://www.hulu.com/watch/175028

globochem:

Oh my god

Sarah inboxed me to let me know she had a doozy of an eggcorn and boy, she wasn’t kidding.

Interesting that the “suction” remains intact.  We’re all clear that something is being sucked out.

It’s hard to google for any other occurrences of this term, because all you get is pro life sites discussing suction abortion (better known as vacuum aspiration).  I did find lie pro suction, in the comments of a political cartoon that I do not understand. Luckily it is the first comment so you don’t need to scroll down (for the love of pete do not scroll down)

In conclusion, learn a book, forum poster:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/175028

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May 12, 2013

Oooh, eggcorn from a student!

applegoat:

“Snip-bits” instead of “snippets.”

We had snip-its once, but this is 10x better.

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May 6, 2013
applegoat reblogged your post: “Riot act” vs “Right act”
“something a rather” as well!

Oh wow, I hadn’t even noticed that!  Thank you, sharp-eyed one.

It’s like one of these deals

or maybe not, I just need an excuse for why I missed “something a rather” on the middle line.

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“Riot act” vs “Right act”

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Seen here

Explanation here: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4401

I will fess up here and admit I didn’t know “the riot act” was an actual thing. History!

Based on the headphones I thought it might be from Howard Stern so I just searched youtube for Stern Tarantino interviews and found the thumbnail with the right shirt.  I think it’s here but I don’t feel like watching the 1 hr 20 min video just for one line >_<

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May 5, 2013

Just got a hot tip from Sandy on encouragable/incorrigible.

1 / 2 / 3 / 4

source for Todd Ingram gif

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Not an eggcorn, I just think it&#8217;s nice that he mentioned Beyoncé.  Although it does prove that the accento sobre &#8216;e&#8217; in Beyoncé is needed*.  &#8221;Umbeyonce&#8221; would rhyme with &#8220;sconce;&#8221; &#8220;Umbeyoncé&#8221; would not. *Unlike Raven-Symoné. 

Not an eggcorn, I just think it’s nice that he mentioned Beyoncé.  Although it does prove that the accento sobre ‘e’ in Beyoncé is needed*.  ”Umbeyonce” would rhyme with “sconce;” “Umbeyoncé” would not.

*Unlike Raven-Symoné. 

(Source: mayb8e, via davidwain)

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May 3, 2013
By working together, Jill and I were able to remember the classic &#8220;forty-five vitamins&#8221; eggcorn from the Judy Blume book Superfudge. We also thought of Ramona Quimby misunderstanding the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner - the &#8220;dawnzer lee light.&#8221;

By working together, Jill and I were able to remember the classic “forty-five vitamins” eggcorn from the Judy Blume book Superfudge.

We also thought of Ramona Quimby misunderstanding the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner - the “dawnzer lee light.”

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May 1, 2013

Dixieland Jazz

On the “How Did This Get Made” podcast episode discussing the movie Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, host Paul Scheer mentioned that the soundtrack seemed like “a bad Disneyland jazz band”  I kind of assumed he meant “Dixieland Jazz,” although there most likely are jazz bands that play at Disneyland, perhaps even Dixieland jazz bands that play there.  Maybe he just meant a crummy jazz band (any subgenre) that would play at an amusement park.  

I searched for any connection between the terms and I found this:

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From the Nevada Daily Mail - thx Google Books!

Everyone loves a diss that kinda rhymes.  

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trying to invent a phonetic language by sheer will [insert your own &#8220;grammar Nazi&#8221; joke here]

trying to invent a phonetic language by sheer will

[insert your own “grammar Nazi” joke here]

(Source: poo-paw, via soiledmeat)

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April 26, 2013
“

‘Do me a favor: don’t go nuts, you know what I mean?’ Letterman asked. ‘Because more and more, you see the ‘mural’ and like the Sistine Chapel… it’s too much.’

Bieber, however, failed to understand Letterman’s reference to Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel in The Vatican and answered: ‘I’m not going for the 16th chapel look.’

Justin Bieber upsets Letterman with new tattoo (via lifeinthelittleapple)

I heard about the “Sixteenth Chapel” gaffe on the Pop My Culture podcast today.  I think it’s a great eggcorn, and it’s so perfect I’m surprised I had never heard it before.  

Here’s a citation for “sixteen chapel” (rather than “sixteenth”) from 2006.  http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1155 

The Sistine Chapel was named for Pope Sixtus IV.  

(via lifeinthelittleapple)

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