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A recent eggcorn sighting in an email:
as we move forward to streaming (obstensively our second channel). [ital. mine]
I think this writer meant ostensibly, but was influenced by "intensively" and "obstinate".

[Update: I just noticed that [livejournal.com profile] wabi is reading [livejournal.com profile] languagelog as well; he follows up with a post on misheard lyrics. Fun.]
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