# Fourth shoe-clad foot washed ashore... let the wild speculation begin!

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**Created:** [May 23, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352 "2008-05-23T13:34:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/41 "2008-05-24T01:36:36Z")

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Someone obviously is collecting left feet. But we won’t understand why until we’ve walked a mile in his shoes.

[QUOTE=CalMeacham]  
Things like “Pre-Madonna” are cases where the mistaken word is an almost perfect homonym and is believed by the user to be correct, and is repeatedly used.  
[/QUOTE]  
“Pre-Madonna” is also the name of a great song by the Kursaal Flyers.

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