Mighty oaks from little eggcorns grow

[jemglasgow]

There are some wonderful eggcorns here, and I'm keen to collect more. An eggcorn is when someone distorts a word or phrase they don't understand to make if fit somethign they do understand. There are some corkers here. Two of my favourites are "lion rampart" for the Scottish lion, and "god offal weather."

[captainmummy]

'Fine tooth-comb. '

It's a fine-toothed comb you idiots!!!!!!!There's no such thing as a toothcomb.

Garrrrgh!

[captainmummy]

Amicissima - it's damp squiB I think. A squib is like a small firework, so a damp squib would not go off correctly, if at all.

[TheWheelsOnTheBusHaveFallenOff]

"a mute point" ... should be a moot point, no?

[MostlyReindeer]

Nooo, fine tooth comb. The teeth are fine. Like a nit comb.

[MostlyReindeer]

Ah thought you were saying the whole phrase was wrong As you were

[prettybutterfly]

I read 'I wouldn't give him the light of day' not long ago, and it depressed me.

Some of the rent-a-herders also say things like 'my two-pennethworth', and that REALLY depresses me.