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Just seen someone type torrential in their facebook status, except managed to spell it 'terenchial'.
Interesting use of phonetic spelling at any rate...
Dyslexic? Looks very similar to how a dyslexic friend of mine spells it. His spelling is atrocious but it does sort of make sense as it's all phonetic.
Yeah that's definitely a dyslexic way.
Not as far as I am aware...
Sweet Jeebus! 'Forget the dictionary, I'm spelling this shizzle phonetically!'
Apologies for once again pimping the Adam & Joe podcast, but they have an occasional feature called 'Eggcorns', which is kind of the spoken version of spelling mistakes. It's where someone has misheard a common word or phrase and thinks it's something entirely differently. A good one the other day was an email someone got saying "Do you say 'rocksack', or 'rupsack'?". I propose people post their favourite Eggcorns as well as spelling mistakes!
'To all intensive purposes' is one that amuses me :p
Yep, that's one of the ones they mentioned! Classic!
'Can't be asked.' is another one. People try and justify it as 'If you asked me to do it, I wouldn't. So I can't be asked'. It's 'arsed'!
Haha! 'Cut off your nose despite your face.'
NokkonWud
06-02-2009, 14:02
'To all intensive purposes' is one that amuses me :p
lol, I love that one, really annoys me when people say it.
My minds totally drawing a blank at the moment - as for spellings, I know some people who simply "carn't".
Oh my god! Two eggcorns in the space of five minutes in my office:
"I'm going to change my name by default." (deed poll)
"Maybe it's defected?" (defective)
I've actually been rolling around laughing!
;D
That reminds me. When I was a kid I used to call inset days incest days ;D
At school my Geography teacher told me a kid once called it a 3p Sweep!
Piggymon
06-02-2009, 19:02
;D
That reminds me. When I was a kid I used to call inset days incest days ;D
Me too ! ;D
;D
That reminds me. When I was a kid I used to call inset days incest days ;D
Way back when they were called Baker Days (after Kenneth Baker the Minister for Education), my sister came home and said "We don't have to go to school on Monday, it's one of them Robin Days"
:D
A work mate told me with the current credit crunch she was struggling to make "Hens Meat", which amused me.
Pffffbwahaha!
After explaining eggcorns to my mum she revealed that both her mum and grandmother used to think chimneys were called 'chimleys'.
*sings*
Five Gold Rings
Four Colley Birds
Three French Hens
/*sings*
At least, that's how I've always sung it!
I used to say pomato instead of tomato when I was very small.
My brother used to to ask "can I lean the table?" after a meal.
My Dad still calls a wardrobe a wardrove on occasion and he used to call a reservoir a resavoy. He also calls Halfords "Harfords".
Haha! 'Cut off your nose despite your face.'
LOL
I saw "Driving down a jewelled carriageway" once on OcUK which nearly made me wet myself.
Another one that gets me is "I will be at your beckoned call" - no! It's "I will be at your beck and call"
An old geezer in a petrol station did once tell me to "make sun while the hay shines" but that's more a word order mistake than a spelling mistake I suppose. Still made me laugh at the time.
Hahahaha! This thread is making me proper laugh!!
When I was ickle, I used to play Micro Machines with my Brother on the Amiga. If anyone can remember, if you managed to pull away from your opponent and lose them the screen would pause (I think) and your car would bounce up and down and the word "BONUS" would flash on the screen!
One time, my parents had some friends round (rather too too) and they were all enjoying cake and tea in the other room and me and my Bro had tootled off to play on the poota.
I remember I was losing lots... but then suddenly, I managed to pull away as my Bro got stuck on a glob of glue and I managed to get a....
"BOOoNNAaaaaaR! WOO WOOO!" (I yelled this at the top of my voice in such excitement!)
My Mas face was hilarious!! I didn't have a clue that my mispronunciation was "bad" ;D We were never told what it was meant and despite being scolded, continued to play quietly giggling away! From that day on we'd always laugh and call out "BOOoONAaaaar!" every time we managed a Bonus ;D
NokkonWud
07-02-2009, 13:26
Another is people who say 'Alec' instead of 'Alex' (most notably used with Mr Ferguson).
Oooh, that one drives me up the wall. So many people like to brown nose him too, which irks me, but I think Fergie knows that himself already.
I was reading on another forum yesterday how somebody wanted to bring back capital punishment in schools :shocked:
One that gets me is "The proof is in the pudding". Is it really?
Not an eggcorn but the number of people that have no idea what "The exception that proves the rule" means is staggering!
Another from OcUK:
'roast her by her own petard'. :D
Another is people who say 'Alec' instead of 'Alex' (most notably used with Mr Ferguson).
no no no, Alec is very commonly used in Glasgow (i have an uncle who gets called such). being that Mr Ferguson is from Bonnie Govan i recon that's what he grew up getting called.
Justsomebloke
11-02-2009, 12:18
I used to spell Obvious as Odvious until a Friend Discreetly put me right :o
It was so obvious when he told me :o + ;D
It's a shame I haven't a better command of the English language as I am quite expressive once I get going but am held back inside by my ineptness when it comes to writing :confused:
We were catting to a woman we know who said the council had been round to replace the Lithuanian batteries in her smoke alarms. :D
Cofee
Febuary
Battary
Bulb - Not really a spelling, but when people go "Bulb" it just gets on my nerves.
"Bulb"
"Bulb?"
"Bulb"
"Lightbulb?"
"Of course"
Bulb - Not really a spelling, but when people go "Bulb" it just gets on my nerves.
"Bulb"
"Bulb?"
"Bulb"
"Lightbulb?"
"Of course"
It's not a bulb, it's a lamp.
\ pedant.
Not quite as good as the original, the woman from the pickle factory (you have to be really old to remember her); but the funniest example I know of is a friend's mother, who said, referring to the wooden border that ran around the room, "dildo-rail".
She had no idea why everyone burst out laughing ;)
Bulb - Not really a spelling, but when people go "Bulb" it just gets on my nerves.
"Bulb"
"Bulb?"
"Bulb"
"Lightbulb?"
"Of course"
I might be having a slow day but, erm, what?
I might be having a slow day but, erm, what?
A lot of people refer to lightbulbs as bulbs, even though a bulb is completely different. Like I said, not really a spelling, just a pet peeve that always grinds my gears. ;D
A lot of people refer to lightbulbs as bulbs, even though a bulb is completely different. Like I said, not really a spelling, just a pet peeve that always grinds my gears. ;D
:/
'Bulb' is a perfectly legitimate term for a lightbulb, along with various other things depending on context.
A lot of people refer to lightbulbs as bulbs, even though a bulb is completely different. Like I said, not really a spelling, just a pet peeve that always grinds my gears. ;D
:/
'Bulb' is a perfectly legitimate term for a lightbulb, along with various other things depending on context.
They're not bulbs, they're lamps.
Lamp:
http://www.vivavi.com/catalog/images/res/Lucinda_Lamp.jpg
Bulb:
https://www.storesonlinepro.com/files/1974975/uploaded/Philips%20Incandescent%20A-19%20Light%20Bulb.gif
or:
http://www.youcanlearnseries.com/Landscape/Images/tulipbulbs400.jpg
Table lamp:
http://www.vivavi.com/catalog/images/res/Lucinda_Lamp.jpg
Lamp, electric:
https://www.storesonlinepro.com/files/1974975/uploaded/Philips%20Incandescent%20A-19%20Light%20Bulb.gif
onions:
http://www.youcanlearnseries.com/Landscape/Images/tulipbulbs400.jpg
Fixed.
Greenlizard0
13-02-2009, 09:48
Using the correct terminology (can end up as jargon) to the masses. Often proper terms aren't understood and I've gone for conventional usage now rather than explaining things again and again.
E.g. rounds/bullets and vessels/submarines etc.
:/
'Bulb' is a perfectly legitimate term for a lightbulb, along with various other things depending on context.
Did I say it wasn't? Just that it was a stupid pet peeve when somebody used to ask me "Where can you get bulbs from?" and I'd know they'd probably mean a lightbulb, and not a onion type bulb. I've just always said them differently, that's all. :confused:
Faysh, I know they're lamps. However lightbulb is a very mainstream term for them. If you went into B&Q and asked for a lamp. What would they show you? If you asked for a lightbulb, what would they show you? :p
leowyatt
13-02-2009, 12:46
Driving past our local cinema last night, they were showing the film difiance
leowyatt
13-02-2009, 13:10
oh no the jumble is still there :p
Greenlizard0
13-02-2009, 13:29
they weren't!! :shocked: At least it makes a change from that jumble of letters ;D
Off topic - where is the quote in your sig from?
Greenlizard0
13-02-2009, 13:31
Most haunted :o
What really lol? What's the whole story?;D
NokkonWud
13-02-2009, 13:46
I love that clip so much. Makes me laugh every time I see it.
funny because at around 32 seconds he sounds like he's trying not to laugh.
Greenlizard0
13-02-2009, 13:49
Roffles almighty!!! I'd have to say should ghosts exist, and I become one, I'd be as lewd as possible!! It's just got to be done :D
I once saw someone say 'ofay' when they meant 'au fait'. Made me laugh for ages :p
*hides*
You are SO cruising for a bruising missy! :angry::p
BB x
That clip is pretty funny, but it annoys me a little deep down to watch them laughing so hard after Derek's unconvincing "possession" routine. I hope plenty of Most Haunted fans get a chance to see it, as it seems a right rip off. If you watch it tongue-in-cheek and remember that being a show on Living/Bravo whatever, it's always going to be entertainment first, actual scientific investigation second, then fair enough. But there's phone ins and text ins for it, which seems a little lame. Cashing in on these people who believe it's all real and Derek really is a medium. So it's nice that the other side is on film, their real personas and attitude to the show shining through so people get to see for themselves it's fake. :)
Not a spelling mistake, nor really an eggcorn, but my mum spotted a good mispronounciation on This Morning... um, this morning.
It was a fashion bit with someone explaining how to dress like particular celebrities. She said something like '...and this actress is known for dressing a bit kooky...', except she said it like 'cookie'. Haha! In the words of my mum; 'I couldn't see any biscuits.'
Blighter
19-02-2009, 01:15
Wendsday :grr:
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