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Bethany K. Dumas dumasb at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU
Wed May 11 20:24:49 UTC 2005


Spotted on a calendar at my dentist's office this a.m.:

"I think you have foot and mouth disease." (patient in chair is seeing an
x-ray of a foot)

Two eggcorns?

Foot in mouth?

Hoof and mouth?

I annotated the calendar:

"Eggcorn alert."

(No on in the office understood.)

Bethany



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