Monday, November 29, 2010

What common sayings do people get wrong?

Reddit asks the question

Here are a few answers:
  • I heard a girl says “I’m going out on a limp here”.
  • My wife once said something about the our cats not being able to pick something up because they lacked disposable thumbs.
  • For all intensive purposes
  • Be more Pacific.
  • I returned a call to a claims adjuster, to receive her voicemail greeting that said she was in the office from 8 AM to 5:00 PM, specific time.
  • “I really enjoy your self-defecating humor.”
  • It’s a “mute” point vs “moot”. Drives me insane.
  • I never knew my dad was saying “up and at ‘em” as opposed to “up and atom”.
  • Labtop
  • “I did a complete 360 and turned my life around”
  • “expecially”. Ugh.
  • “ex cetera”
  • “Take it for granite.”
  • Happy Valentime’s
  • irregardless of the facts
  • I said “play it by year” for, well, years.
  • “Li-berry” instead of “library”
  • Fustrated
  • “supposably”
  • A co-worker told me “I am not very computer sassy”.
  • Old timers instead of Alzheimer’s.
  • Or All timers.
  • People using the phrase “I literally” figuratively. Ex: I literally died laughing
  • I had a friend who thought the song was Ducks in the Wind.
  • On accident.
  • nukular
  • I could care less.
  • Wheelbarrel. 30 minute argument at work over barrel/barrow. 4 took the side of barrel, 10 on the side of barrow.
  • “Each one worse than the next,” as opposed to “Each one worse than the last.”
  • Warshington! THERE IS NO ‘R’ IN WASHINGTON!

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