Ealing,
west London suburb.
Healing,
getting better.
Healing at Ealing.
 
 
Ear-ring,
ear decoration.
'earing,
the audial sense.
Herring,
fish.
She thought that her `earing was going,
Then she found an ear-ring in a herring.
 
 
Earn,
labour for reward.
Ern,
diminutive for Ernest.
Urn,
pot, jar or vessel.
I say, I say, I say. What's a Greek urn?
About two pounds an hour!!!
 
 
Ern, did you earn from selling that urn?
 
 
E’s,
food additive.
Ease,
comfort.
Eating,
feeding.
 
 
 
 
Eat in,
don’t eat out.
'eatin',
warmth.
 
 
Eclectic,
odds and ends of associated themes cobbled together. But see "electric light".
 
 
Eel,
marine snakelike creature.
Heel,
rear part of foot.
 
 
Eerie,
ghostly.
Erie,
lake in Canada.
Eyrie,
eagle's nest.
It was eerie near the eyrie at Erie.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eggs: Eggceptional, Eggclesiastic, Eggclectic,
Eggceed, Eggcept, Eggstatic, Eggcetera, Eggcetera.
 
 
 
 
Eminent,
distinguished.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Imminent,
about to happen.
The arrival of the eminent man was imminent.
 
 
Empire,
collection of conquered Nations.
Empire,
Music Hall.
 
 
Ensure,
make sure.
Insure,
cover by insurance.
 
 
Entrance,
to put into a dreamlike state.
Entrance,
way in.
 
 
Envelope,
container for a letter.
Envelop,
to enfold/surround.
We enveloped the letter in an envelope.
 
 
Ethyl,
chemical solvent.
Ethel,
girl's name.
Ethel was an ethyl sniffer.
 
 
Even,
level.
Even,
divisible by two, as a number.
Even,
still, yet (adverb).
Even,
calm, placid.
 
 
Evening,
just before night.
 
 
Everyone,
all the people.
Every one,
each of several.
 
 
 
 
Ewe,
female sheep.
You,
second person singular.
Yew,
type of tree.
U,
letter of the alphabet. (C under U – confused?)
You wait for me at the Yew tree, where that Ewe is with a
blue U on its rump.
 
 
Execute,
to carry out, to make.
Execute,
to kill, to execute assistance of death.
 
 
Eyeball,
organ of sight.
I Bawl,
I shout.
 
 

CHINESE WHISKERS

 
 
Eagle Star,
insurance company.
Eagle's tar,
bitumen manufactured by Eagle & Co.
 
 
Eclipse,
shading of the sun or moon.
Egg lips,
stained mouth.
 
 
Edelweiss,
alpine flower.
Idle vice,
unused clamp.
Idle vice,
lazy Under-President. (under president see Ms Lewinsky)
 
 
Eire,
Ireland.
Error,
mistake.
Sure there's many an error in Eire.
 
 
Elbow,
joint of the arm.
Elbow,
to push through a crowd (v).
 
 
 
 
El Bow,
Spanish archer.
 
 
Elfish,
small, like a fairy.
El Fish,
Spanish swimmer.
 
 
Elide,
silent part of speech.
`e lied,
`e didn`t tell the truth.
 
 
Essential,
necessary.
SNCL,
Societe` National Credit Lyonaise?
 
 
Expert eyes,
keen vision.
 
 
 
 
Expertise,
efficiency.
 
 
 
 

MALAPROPISMS

 
 
The Eclectic Light Co. The Electric Light Company
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ODDS

 
 
Ewe are my heart's delight. Auvergne shepherd's song.
 
Ewe are my hart's delight. Auvergne cross-breeder's song.
 
You are my heart's delight. Song by Franz Lehar.
 
 
 
Exceed,
to go beyond, but there is no deceed.
Accede,
to agree, but no opposite.
 
 
Eavesdropper,
not one who drops guttering.
 
 
 
 
Eighty,
8T.
 
 
Enriched Uranium,
Nuclear Fuel.
Enriched Iranian,
Loot in Bagdad.
 
 
Electrician
Alec Trician.
 
 
E II R, (pron. Ee two are}, symbol of Q E 2,
 
E to R,
alphabetical listing.
 
 
Evian is naive,
backwards.
Naïve is evian,
backwards.
 
 
 
 

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