When in Rome talk like Romans.
I used to always wonder why my Mum thought my room looked like a bomzitit.
My daughter used to call the TV remote the "buddyapper". She'd heard her parents shouting "where's the bloody zapper?".
I totally agree people should stop using eggcorns.
It's not rocket salad!
It's idiocracy coming about. People will use the wrong phrase more and more and eventually the correct saying will be forgotten. Before you know it you're watching Ow my balls and your president is a macho brain dead moron spouting meaningless cliches, err oh no wait.
My children wind me up by using the phrase 'Can I get...?' as often as they can. 👿
"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth" George Orwell 1984
"Creme de la menthe, Rodders..."
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It's a biological liberty* I tell you!
* Coined by a guy I worked with 30 years ago but he had a brain injury so is forgiven, plus mostly quite amusing too
It's heart rendering. As they say down the abbatoir.
yes - nail meet head.
It's not strictly the same, but this thread brings back memories of an ex colleague who when asked ANY question, always prefaced his answer with a weary "its one of them i'nt it?"
ONE OF WHAT?!
Anyfink or anythink
Nuffink or nothink
Sumfink or somethink
Aks instead of ask
Are some which make me cringe, innit.
Sammich. Sanwidge Samwich Its a ****ing Sandwich!!!!!!!
George Michael? He was one of them gay acorns.
I think the word "irregardless" originated in Northumberland too.
My 3 year old hasn't quite mastered the art of saying 'Incredible Hulk' yet. It always comes out 'Credible Hulk' which completely changes the image of the man. Not that I'm moaning it just makes me chuckle.
There is a popular pro-science feed on Facebook called that wilko:
[i]"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth" George Orwell 1984[/i]
"War is stupid, people are stupid" Boy George 1984
"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm, Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
- Crash Test Dummies (1993)
We had a bloke at work who, when we were discussing slight changes to core hours which he didn't like always invoked the principles of 'customer practice'
One my wife has come out wife a few times is "you can lead a horse to water but you can't teach it to swim"
Give a man a fish and he'll want chips.
Teach a man to fish, and he'll want beer 😀
Ha, so there is Graham, I'm going to 'like' that FB feed I think.
My old boss used to say
"that's a Mute point"
Well, seen as we are on the subject of mis-used phrases....
The difference between helping your uncle Jack, off a horse.
Oh the ironing 🙂
The difference between helping your uncle, Jack, off a horse.
The difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse.
Not quite the same but a bit of class from the BBC 🙂
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Peas on earth and good will to all men. 😆
From another thread on here (no names, no pack drill)...
"intermitten" for intermittent, which I think is cute.
I normally try not to be an uptight spelling and grammar nazi, as people's education doesn't reflect whether they're decent human beings or not - but I love these malapropisms.
Isn't "intermitten" the proper name for the string that goes between your gloves?
Many years ago, the none-too-bright woman in the off licence told me about a car crash her friend had had, where she'd pulled out of a junction and been hit by an argonaut.
Isn't "intermitten" the proper name for the string that goes between your gloves?
Oh, very good. (-:
Many years ago, the none-too-bright woman in the off licence told me about a car crash her friend had had, where she'd pulled out of a junction and been hit by an argonaut.
He was probably trying to fleece his insurance company.
I read once a girl who was going to stop eating cakes and biscuits because she didn't want to die of beaties.
Isn't "intermitten" the proper name for the string that goes between your gloves?
And if its anything a nazi hates (even a grammar nazi) its a intermitten - especially if its a bit too short. Salute too enthusiastically with one hand - unexpectedly punch yourself in the face with the other.
I remember [url= http://www.playbuzz.com/imaniwilliams10/21-most-commonly-mispronounced-words-and-phrases-that-weve-all-messed-up ]this[/url] popping up on my Facebook feed a while ago, and being aghast that people could get some of them wrong. I guess it's aimed at 'merkans, I can't imagine anyone saying "taken for granite". Unless they were a complete imbecile anyway.
[i] I can't imagine anyone saying "taken for granite". [/i]
Rock Hudson?
*stony silence*
[i]*stony silence* [/i]
Sedimentary my dear Watson.
I remember this popping up on my Facebook feed a while ago, and being aghast that people could get some of them wrong.
I'll admit to not knowing one of those. I thought it was "no holes barred" meaning you've got all your options open.
Google would suggest that "no holds barred" is correct and comes from unrestricted wrestling moves in the Hulk Hogan era. "No holes barred" by contrast is a casual sex website.
The specific/pacific one always makes me wonder why it never occurs to people making that mistake that it's a bid odd that 'pacific' would have those different meanings. Especially in light of words like 'specify' and 'specification' which, presumably, they have encountered and understand...?
This thread is the bestest. Definitely my most favourite.
Yeah I may have made the [url= http://grammarist.com/spelling/free-rein-free-reign/ ]"free reign" vs "free rein"[/url] one before.
But to be fair, both sort of make sense.
I thought it was "no holes barred"
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Please tell me you used the expression in a casual chat with the local vicar.
My wife used 'I can't be asked' quite a bit at work before I explained..