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Expressions people get wrong

North Lower Neil
North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
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Drive me crazy these, how people have managed to get through life not working out they are wrong or make no sense.

Seen "He's just a mere prawn for his bosses" this morning - guessing they meant 'pawn'.

Others I see all the time - "You’ve got another think coming", (yep, whereas that it your one thought of the day....), "For all intensive purposes", etc.

The worst has to be Pacific instead of specific. Do they think there is effectively an ocean called the Specific Ocean?

Any others you hear a lot?
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  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    North Lower Neil said:

    Oh and I had a conversation with a girl at work the other day who genuinely thought Alzheimer's was called Old Timers Disease.

    She probably picked that up from statellite teevee
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    "He doesn't mix his words"
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    The specific and Pacific one has to be the most annoying.

    "I could care less"
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    Nobodies arksing you
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    edited December 2017
    Could of, should of... These are the basics people!
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    I don't think I've heard any of the above if I'm honest.

    Mispronunciation of 'secretary' as 'secetry' always drives me bonkers though.
    Journalists are fairly good generally, although 'literally' can get misused - having said that, the definition of literally has now changed :-(
    Cameramen tend to be a bit rubbish. Should 'of' for should 'have' etc.

    Sorry, this wasn't very helpful.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    I didn't realise I did this until someone pointed it out but I tend to link the two words and say Pri-Minister rather than Prime Minister
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    North Lower Neil said:

    ...Seen "He's just a mere prawn for his bosses" this morning - guessing they meant 'pawn'...

    This refers to Tony 'do you want fries with that' Keohane. It should say, "He's just a Meire prawn for his bosses".
    North Lower Neil said:

    ..."You’ve got another think coming", (yep, whereas that it your one thought of the day....)...

    This one's right. It means think again. It's the idiots who try to make it 'thing coming' who are completely wrong on this.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    MrOneLung said:

    I didn't realise I did this until someone pointed it out but I tend to link the two words and say Pri-Minister rather than Prime Minister

    Definitely a common one I think, easily done!
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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    'Charlton promotion push'
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,998
    MrOneLung said:

    I didn't realise I did this until someone pointed it out but I tend to link the two words and say Pri-Minister rather than Prime Minister

    Me too, that’s the south east London accent :smiley:
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    North Lower Neil said:

    MrOneLung said:

    I didn't realise I did this until someone pointed it out but I tend to link the two words and say Pri-Minister rather than Prime Minister

    Definitely a common one I think, easily done!
    In France they call that a liaison and would be very proud of how their language had developed, yet here it's seen as a bad thing. I like 'Priminister'.
  • E_cafc
    E_cafc Posts: 2,617
    "I won't try and tell you how to suck eggs"

    Wtf is that about?

    Also know someone who always says..." Yeah, well, it's gotta be 6 of one and 6 of the other"
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    Stig said:

    North Lower Neil said:

    MrOneLung said:

    I didn't realise I did this until someone pointed it out but I tend to link the two words and say Pri-Minister rather than Prime Minister

    Definitely a common one I think, easily done!
    In France they call that a liaison and would be very proud of how their language had developed, yet here it's seen as a bad thing. I like 'Priminister'.
    Looks like a foreign word, wouldn’t get my vote etc. etc. Winky Face
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    "On route"
  • Daddy_Pig
    Daddy_Pig Posts: 496
    Have your cake and eat it. It should be "you can't eat your cake and have it".
  • sammy391
    sammy391 Posts: 3,782
    Not sure it’s necessarily wrong expression , but what annoys me is the whole “that’ll learn him” ... or just the fact that people use learn instead of teach in phrases!
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Like the prime minister one, I pronounce "law and order" more like "Laura norder"
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  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    Staprix instead of Go Pricks?
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    SuedeAdidas said:

    This thread is going well.

    I thought it would be a bit of a damp squid if I’m honest.

    Maybe we should nip it in the butt.
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    Fumbluff said:

    Nobodies arksing you

    Nobody's*
  • kings hill addick
    kings hill addick Posts: 5,781
    edited December 2017
    Until about five years ago I never understood the phrase ‘Died in the wall’!

    I knew what it meant but had no idea why!
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    Good thread.

    Can't be 'asked' instead of 'arsed'.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    edited December 2017
    kings hill addick said:

    Until about five years ago I never understood the phrase ‘Died in the wall’!

    I know what it meant but had no idea why!

    You’re whooshing us right?
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    JaShea99 said:

    Fumbluff said:

    Nobodies arksing you

    Nobody's*
    *Bumfluff.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    JaShea99 said:

    Fumbluff said:

    Nobodies arksing you

    Nobody's*
    He did say it was wrong to be fair, so it's a bit of a mute point.
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    North Lower Neil said:

    JaShea99 said:

    Fumbluff said:

    Nobodies arksing you

    Nobody's*
    He did say it was wrong to be fair, so it's a bit of a mute point.
    Yeah fairy nuff.
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,619
    For me, the one that I’m still not convinced about is ‘bog standard’ and have always considered that a northern derivative of what it should be but which seems to be the accepted phrase yet I’ve always thought that this surely should be ‘box standard’ as in that's the version that comes out of the box.

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