latest Mark Peters on eggcorns

[William Salmon]

> in CHE, mentioning both Language Log and ADS:
>
>   http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2006/08/2006080901c/careers.html

In honor of the attention given to eggcorns in this higher education
piece, I give a particularly juicy eggcorn:

pustule > pus jewel

Google Examples:
The only thing they can do is pop them one by one and remove the pus
jewel inside to stop them spreading if they do not clear up on their
own.

Two days ago a nice sized pus jewel popped up on Mr . Eliot's ring
finger . It was the worst one he's ever had.

It barely hurts at all though and doesn't seem inflamed, except it gets
a weird pus-jewel type bubble when I wear my glasses...

WS

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