Comments on: Eggcorns http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/ Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:32:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jonathon http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/comment-page-1/#comment-2383 Jonathon Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:38:55 +0000 http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/#comment-2383 *slaps forehead* Duh. I don't know why I missed that before. And now I'm not sure which part is actually wrong---the numbers or the percentage. I'd guess the percentage, because the ghits now are about 4.7 million to 56 thousand. Oh well. Thanks for pointing that out. *slaps forehead*

Duh. I don’t know why I missed that before. And now I’m not sure which part is actually wrong—the numbers or the percentage. I’d guess the percentage, because the ghits now are about 4.7 million to 56 thousand.

Oh well. Thanks for pointing that out.

]]> By: Stan http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/comment-page-1/#comment-2382 Stan Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:50:13 +0000 http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/#comment-2382 Thanks for responding, Jonathon. I had almost given up hope! The number of Google results changes constantly for any given search. I should have clarified what I meant: 91,000 isn't 70% of 1,410,000, or even close; it's 6.45%. So when I wrote "one of the numbers [...] seems to be out by a factor of 10", it was probably the percentage (assuming that the Google hits you cite were accurate at the time of posting). Thanks for responding, Jonathon. I had almost given up hope!

The number of Google results changes constantly for any given search. I should have clarified what I meant: 91,000 isn’t 70% of 1,410,000, or even close; it’s 6.45%. So when I wrote “one of the numbers [...] seems to be out by a factor of 10″, it was probably the percentage (assuming that the Google hits you cite were accurate at the time of posting).

]]> By: Jonathon http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/comment-page-1/#comment-2351 Jonathon Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:37:15 +0000 http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/#comment-2351 Stan: The number of results Google is returning has changed since I wrote this post. I'm not sure why. Stan: The number of results Google is returning has changed since I wrote this post. I’m not sure why.

]]> By: Stan Carey http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/comment-page-1/#comment-2333 Stan Carey Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:29:15 +0000 http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/#comment-2333 "The life in times" does seem to be a very common mistake, though I don't remember noticing it before I read your post on it. Incidentally, one of the numbers you quote at the end of the first paragraph seems to be out by a factor of 10. “The life in times” does seem to be a very common mistake, though I don’t remember noticing it before I read your post on it.

Incidentally, one of the numbers you quote at the end of the first paragraph seems to be out by a factor of 10.

]]> By: Jonathon http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Jonathon Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:03:32 +0000 http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/#comment-37 I'm not sure I understand what the correct phrase should be. It doesn't sound at all familiar to me. I’m not sure I understand what the correct phrase should be. It doesn’t sound at all familiar to me.

]]> By: DeputyHeadmistress http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/comment-page-1/#comment-36 DeputyHeadmistress Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:00:24 +0000 http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/#comment-36 Found this post while googling for a particular eggcorn. I have a relative who used to say, "Little pictures have big ears." He insisted this was correct, because the little kids were the pictures of the parents. Found this post while googling for a particular eggcorn.
I have a relative who used to say, “Little pictures have big ears.” He insisted this was correct, because the little kids were the pictures of the parents.

]]> By: Brinestone http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Brinestone Tue, 08 May 2007 01:41:34 +0000 http://www.arrantpedantry.com/2007/05/07/eggcorns/#comment-34 This reminds me of the time when someone was selling a table and cheers on Craigslist, but that was probably not widespread enough (or at all) to merit inclusion in the Eggcorn Database. Congratulations on your contribution to English language research. This reminds me of the time when someone was selling a table and cheers on Craigslist, but that was probably not widespread enough (or at all) to merit inclusion in the Eggcorn Database. Congratulations on your contribution to English language research.

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