Double eggcorn

[Charles Doyle]

My four-year-old grandson, having found a dead possum in his yard yesterday, opined, "I think a nocturminal did it." Pretty obviously, one of his parents had tried to explain something about "nocturnal animals," which words he blended. The pun on "terminal" is almost certainly accidental--but, well, just so damn brilliant and adorable . . . .

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 20:31:21 -0400
>From: Enid Pearsons <e.pearsons at EARTHLINK.NET>
>Subject: Double eggcorn
>
>Googling for information about installing two operating systems on my computer and dual booting, I came across this on a computer forum:
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>"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."
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>(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

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