Another useful resource stumbled upon around the blogs today:
The Eggcorn database
I'd never heard of the term 'eggcorn' before, but I certainly get that BDOTGNZAfeeling whenever I hear people refer to "a damp squid".
Have I got a deal for you. Oh hang on, that's a proposition...
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
That's twice...
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Actually, there is - if one were to desire a golden lily, f'rinstance.
However,
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess...
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Motorbike Camping for the win!
Bit of a thread dredge, but here's one for all the BDOTGNZA folks out there, especially Hitcher (Warning, probably not entirely work friendly!)
http://www.c4tv.co.nz/DICKS---May-18...8/Default.aspx
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