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[Ben Zimmer]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>
> On Oct 17, 2012, at 7:33 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>
> > "… doesnt believe in global warming, _littlone_ EVOLUTION!"
>
> Wow.  Never saw that one coming.  I figured if I went trawling I might
> find others, but it took me to p. 6 of the (many) google hits on "littlone"
> to find this mate for yours:
>
> I spent forever with customer support and they don't know crap so yea I
> wish cable wasn't a monopoly because I would leave mediacom for comcast in a
> heart beat considering I don't get what I'm paying for. And I am sure there
> are plenty of stupid people out there that can't tell the difference, crap
> people can even secure their networks littlone check their bandwidth.
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r25910869-MN-mediacom-cutting-DL-speed-when-you-have-a-router-connected-

The Eggcorn Database has "little lone" and "little own".

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/84/little-lone/

--bgz

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