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* "fiancé" and "fiancée". This one's French through and through, so "fiancé" (without the final E) is the man you're going to be married to, and "fiancée" (with the extra "e") is the woman. |
* "fiancé" and "fiancée". This one's French through and through, so "fiancé" (without the final E) is the man you're going to be married to, and "fiancée" (with the extra "e") is the woman. |
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* "Filler-buster" instead of "filibuster" (eggcorn written by an Australian who was not familiar with the U.S. legislature). |
* "Filler-buster" instead of "filibuster" (eggcorn written by an Australian who was not familiar with the U.S. legislature). |
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** "Philibuster" instead of "filibuster" |
** "Philibuster" instead of "filibuster" (perhaps a portmanteau of "Philadelphia filibuster", on the occasion somebody makes a longwinded speech at Philadelphia city hall?) |
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* "finely" (precisely, with quality) for "finally" (at long last) |
* "finely" (precisely, with quality) for "finally" (at long last) |
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* "Firry" or "firey" for "fiery" |
* "Firry" or "firey" for "fiery" |
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