"the religious rite"

[Mark A. Mandel]

arnold notes:
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a student passed the following on to me, written by a (gay) friend of
his:

... well I get enough [flak] from the religious rite already about
not being able to orientate myself correctly...

this looks distinctly eggcornish -- taking the expression to refer to
religious folks who participate in rites.  though it could be
wretched spelling.
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And adds later
>>>
[...]
so, for this one person at least, it does seem to be an eggcorn.
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As opposed to the eggcorn "right of passage".

m a m

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