Double eggcorn

[Wilson Gray]

Thanks, Chris! The title of that book makes since, uh, sense, now that
I understand what its author was aiming for.

-Wilson

On 6/5/07, Chris F Waigl <chris at lascribe.net> wrote:
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> Enid Pearsons wrote:
> > Googling for information about installing two operating systems on my computer
> > and dual booting, I came across this on a computer forum:
> >
> > "I've been told its possible to install XP on the same logical drive as Vista
> > but its not advised so I am not going to attempt faith."
> >
> > (We can ignore the "its" problem for now.)  "Attempt faith" in Google appears
> > to occur in religious contexts or comments about Faith Hill, so this may be
> > unique.  I checked the eggcorn database and did not find this.
> >
> > Enid
> >
> >
> The fate>faith part is particularly interesting. Indeed not easy to
> Google, as the word "faith" appears to attract creative use of language.
> But with the switches -Christian and -Kao (the author of a book entitled
> "Tempting Faith", which seems to be about the current US government)
> there are a few more, like: "I didn't tempt faith trying to see how much
> further I could go before the car actually stops."
>
> I've put it on my list and will mull it over.
>
> Chris Waigl
>
> P.S.: I'd recommend separate partitions and a good boot loader. If one
> of the OSs is Vista, you'll have to be be careful about choosing a
> repartitioning tool.
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