but that's like a real thing to me. A creek is smaller than a river. A crick is smaller yet. Like a trickling creek. A crick.
Friday OT #2 - That's Not A Thing
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but that's like a real thing to me. A creek is smaller than a river. A crick is smaller yet. Like a trickling creek. A crick.
most of the time when people say they are "weary" of something, they are actually "leery" of it.
My gf used to call drawers "driers." It took me 5 years to get her to stop saying it like that. Probably the biggest achievement in my life to this point.
I had seen "epitome" in books many times before I decided to use it in real life. My mom still jokes about my use of "ep-i-tome" and subsequently DH as well.
We shouldn't suffer mockery just because we were well-read children, harrumph!
"When I first read the word Houston, I pronounced it “HOW-sten.” I think that’s normal for a 5-year-old — although I was 16 at the time. "
That's actually how it's pronounced in New York.City. (The street in Manhattan, that is)
And I have trouble with car / bus parks instead of parking lot in foreign places.
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I don't want to hijack the thread. I would PM to Angie but don't know how.
There is a class of misuse that I call homophonic malaprops. The most basic is just simply using the wrong word.
"Hopefully Talley can be a good teammate and tow the line."
(this could easily be a typo - e<>w) It also could make a bit of sense as in doing one's part.
Then there is the cultural misunderstanding. "Beyond the pail". A pale is a vertical stake in a palisade wall and the term "beyond the pale" means outside the accepted bounds.
Trump mocking the disabled reporter was beyond the pale.
I have others, most from this "sight".
it pains me to reference a hawk but bare with me
There is a class of misuse that I call homophonic malaprops. The most basic is just simply using the wrong word.
"Hopefully Talley can be a good teammate and tow the line."
(this could easily be a typo - e<>w) It also could make a bit of sense as in doing one's part.
Then there is the cultural misunderstanding. "Beyond the pail". A pale is a vertical stake in a palisade wall and the term "beyond the pale" means outside the accepted bounds.
Trump mocking the disabled reporter was beyond the pale.
I have others, most from this "sight".
it pains me to reference a hawk but bare with me
I think you may have just hijacked the thread
One time at a doctor's appointment the doctor told me he couldn't even "phantom" how big the universe is. A couple minutes later after I had just convinced myself he accidentally misspoke he said it again.
How can you get something "for" free? You can get something for a dollar, or two dollars, but please explain how I can give free in exchange for something?
It annoys me when an announcer says a pass was too tall instead of too high.
Also, anytime less and fewer are used incorrectly...
"This defense have given up less than seven points a game."
It annoys me when an announcer says a pass was too tall instead of too high.
Also, anytime less and fewer are used incorrectly...
"This defense have given up less than seven points a game."
Excellent overview.
Unlike many examples in the thread, none of those would count as mistakes when spoken, because obviously you can't detect a homonym. It's only in written form that it's "misspoken."
Amusing admission: I initially misread "homophonic" as "homophobic."
I forgot - I did the same with epitome! You’re right - it isn’t our fault we are well-read!
He is most likely referring to HROT - Hawkeye Report Off Topic. Many years ago a poster referred to an opposing basketball player as a "Want of Bee" instead of "Wannabe" and was quite serious about it. This turned into a whole class of malaprops that lasted years. They formed a committee and had rulings on what classified as a WoB.
Basically they were just a bunch of Pre-Madonnas, but it was entertaining.
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