Bini Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 I used to always screw these two up.."Right off the back" instead of "Right off the bat"."Nip it in the butt" instead of "Nip it in the bud".Can you think of anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 "Could care less" when they mean "COULDN'T care less". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 I could of come up with some, but I half to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 "Whatever," when what is meant is "Wrong!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlimac Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Buck naked or butt naked? ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Curmudgeon Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Started anatomical and going back that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEthePrimate Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 "Could care less" when they mean "COULDN'T care less".Yeah, that's my favorite. Somebody tells me they "could care less," and I want to ask them, "Really? Pray tell!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie123 Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 "Fine tooth-comb" instead of "fine-toothed comb". (I'd like to know who combs his teeth!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzy16 Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 I say nip it in the bud :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classylady Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Take it for granite--instead of take it for granted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xforeverxmetalx Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 (edited) "Can I axe you a question?" - all the time.Take it for granite--instead of take it for grantedI've heard it used that way, except mostly as a lame joke about construction or kitchens or something along those lines. My jokes, on the other hand, rock. Edited June 29, 2011 by xforeverxmetalx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyTown Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 The ones that most drive me crazy:For all Intents and Purposes - So many people use 'For all intensive purposes'. I want to know what an intensive purpose is.Literally - When someone says "I am literally gutted", what they mean is that someone is, in reality, taking a blade to their belly and gutting them. They can say 'I am gutted', or 'I am figuratively gutted', but they are not literally being gutted. And people use literally for a number of non-gutted things, "I am literally dying here!" "He literally tore me apart!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 "You don't say." Well yes actually I do and I did. That's why you are responding to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 "It's always in the last place you looked" Well duhhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truegrits Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Well, I have always wondered about, and disliked, "I now pronounce you MAN and wife." While I have just become a wife, my husband became a man? What was he before?If he is pronounced a man, then I should have become a woman.Man and Woman OR Husband and Wife... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john doe Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 I used to work with a guy who became flustrated. Never could tell if he was flustered or frustrated, or both at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennarator Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 I used to work with a guy who became flustrated. Never could tell if he was flustered or frustrated, or both at the same time.My dad still says flusterated. I laugh, everytime....inside so he doesn't here me and get more flusterated!! My dad also says libary, not library....I hate when people say ecspecially, um the word is especially......my daughter's teacher got here saying it, I corrected that fast! Ok, sorry those are words, not sayings...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyTown Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 My dad still says flusterated. I laugh, everytime....inside so he doesn't here me and get more flusterated!! My dad also says libary, not library....I hate when people say ecspecially, um the word is especially......my daughter's teacher got here saying it, I corrected that fast! Ok, sorry those are words, not sayings......Ooooh! Or "eckcetera" or "expresso". if we're talking about mispronunciations and misspellings, "rouge" when they mean "rogue". If it ain't makeup or a colour, it's probably rogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 I got another one!"Splitting image" instead of "Spitting image"! Argh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking_peace Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 The ones that most drive me crazy:For all Intents and Purposes - So many people use 'For all intensive purposes'. I want to know what an intensive purpose is.I thought that my boss was the only one that says that. I menatlly laugh every time he uses it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintmichaeldefendthem1 Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Nuclear? It's pronounced "Nu-culer"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john doe Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 My dad still says flusterated. I laugh, everytime....inside so he doesn't here me and get more flusterated!! My dad also says libary, not library....I hate when people say ecspecially, um the word is especially......my daughter's teacher got here saying it, I corrected that fast! Ok, sorry those are words, not sayings......I sometimes say things wrong just to see if anyone notices, but mainly to get a reaction from my kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlimac Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 "It's always in the last place you looked" Well duhhhhhYup, my dad broke his leg skiing on the last run of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classylady Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 (edited) Pronunciation of words that drive me crazy: Probly or prolly instead of probably. Fer instead of for. Kindiegarten instead of kindergarten. My husband says "fer" instead of "for" all the time. I tell him he sounds like an uneducated hillbilly when he says it. For example: "We went fer a drive". Aagh! Another word that gets misused, in Utah at least, is the word forget. Many people here use the present tense when they should be using the past tense--I forget instead of I forgot. Edited June 29, 2011 by classylady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 (edited) Pronunciation of words that drive me crazy: Probly, instead of probably. Fer instead of for. Kindiegarten instead of kindergarten.My husband says fer instead of for all the time. I tell him he sounds like an uneducated hillbilly when he says it. Example: "We went fer a drive". Aagh!I don't mind alternate pronunciations or ways of saying things. I teased my wife about her Pittsburghese when we got married, but when she started changing her speech, I told her I didn't want that. Her "redding up the room" and "running the sweeper" is part of the charm of hearing her. I admit that I do get a little bothered by people saying things totally wrong.No one (well, only one person) laughed at my "could of" example. I fear it's because no one realized it was wrong...I am a writer and sometimes-editor, and as such I need to be aware -- hyperaware -- of spelling and word usage. Ironically, I have spent years trying to DEsensitize myself to such things because I felt like taking critical note of such speech or writing habits was negatively affecting my opinion of the speaker or writer. Edited June 29, 2011 by Vort How embarrassing -- a typo <blush> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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