Author Topic: Phrases that people get wrong (Read 46466 times)

choi · « **Reply #120 on:** July 24, 2011, 04:33:12 pm »

My mum says loads of stuff wrong. Mataland (Matalan), Traffic Centre (Trafford Centre) are the ones that spring to mind.

C · « **Reply #121 on:** July 24, 2011, 05:02:11 pm »

Quote from: choi on July 24, 2011, 04:33:12 pm

My mum says loads of stuff wrong. Mataland (Matalan), Traffic Centre (Trafford Centre) are the ones that spring to mind.

thats fairly special

my mum used to call JJB - JJD, and Xabi Alonso, Alfonso on occasion, but would always correct herself, ha.

redgriffin73 · « **Reply #122 on:** July 24, 2011, 05:21:37 pm »

Quote from: choi on July 24, 2011, 04:33:12 pm

My mum says loads of stuff wrong. Mataland (Matalan), Traffic Centre (Trafford Centre) are the ones that spring to mind.

My dad says Mataland, it does my head in. And my brother said Asda's which is equally irritating.

DangerScouse · « **Reply #123 on:** July 24, 2011, 06:10:50 pm »

"the vein of my life" a opposed to "bain"

Kwaideng · « **Reply #124 on:** July 24, 2011, 06:46:08 pm »

Quote from: DangerScouse on July 24, 2011, 06:10:50 pm

"the vein of my life" a opposed to "bain"

French baths ....the bane of my life

rowan_d · « **Reply #125 on:** July 24, 2011, 06:47:45 pm »

Quote from: OLDSCROTE on July 24, 2011, 06:46:08 pm

French baths ....the bane of my life

I WILL BREAK YOU, BATMAN

Kwaideng · « **Reply #126 on:** July 24, 2011, 06:53:59 pm »

Quote from: rowan_d on July 24, 2011, 06:47:45 pm

I WILL BREAK YOU, BATMAN

Nah... I'm going to the offy for some VENOM right now.

OohCampione · « **Reply #127 on:** July 24, 2011, 08:01:07 pm »

Why do mancs say lickle?

Surely little isn't too straining!

And don't get me started on those who 'arks' you a question . . .

Raul! · « **Reply #128 on:** July 24, 2011, 08:08:50 pm »

Quote from: OohCampione on July 24, 2011, 08:01:07 pm

And don't get me started on those who 'arks' you a question . . .

That's because they've never sat at a deks.

the good half · « **Reply #129 on:** July 24, 2011, 08:14:33 pm »

Slanging or Slagging.

Here, it's 'he gave him an awful slagging about his trousers.'

KERRYKOP · « **Reply #130 on:** July 25, 2011, 01:25:47 pm »

Quote from: The Bill Hicks Appreciation Society on July 23, 2011, 02:33:40 am

and one from me: I used to think the saying was to be on "tender hooks" didn't realise it was tenterhooks till a couple of years back, still have no idea what tenterhooks are though btw

You have blown my mind.

El Diablos · « **Reply #131 on:** July 25, 2011, 01:43:10 pm »

Quote from: The Bill Hicks Appreciation Society on July 23, 2011, 02:33:40 am

and one from me: I used to think the saying was to be on "tender hooks" didn't realise it was tenterhooks till a couple of years back, still have no idea what tenterhooks are though btw

Ok i'll oblige courtesy of the dictionary...

tenterhook (plural tenterhooks) noun
one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter

tenter (plural tenters) noun
a framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried

The 5th Benitle · « **Reply #132 on:** July 25, 2011, 02:39:27 pm »

Plum LBW #Yorky

Enemy · « **Reply #133 on:** July 25, 2011, 02:52:14 pm »

I think I used to say 'weak from the chaff', majorly because it sounds just like it with my accent.

Red Beret · « **Reply #134 on:** July 25, 2011, 03:09:13 pm »

Don't know if this is even true but back when I was in school a mate of mine recounted a fragment of match commentary he'd heard on the radio:

"And John Barnes was the Ace of Spades there.... oh shit."

Not so much a phrase got wrong as a freudian slip mayhap.

choi · « **Reply #135 on:** July 25, 2011, 03:18:07 pm »

my mum just said dawn till dust.

El Diablos · « **Reply #136 on:** July 25, 2011, 03:19:29 pm »

Quote from: Enemy on July 25, 2011, 02:52:14 pm

I think I used to say 'weak from the chaff', majorly because it sounds just like it with my accent.

Nice one

You can see (or hear) how that mistake could be made and usually the context of meaning tells you that something isn't right. But in that instance the correct meaning is still present in the mistake as the phrase means to sort out the good from bad, the weak from strong. Did you ever stop to think what the chaff was?

El Diablos · « **Reply #137 on:** July 25, 2011, 03:23:54 pm »

Quote from: choi on July 25, 2011, 03:18:07 pm

my mum just said dawn till dust.

Mums are always the best source for this stuff.

Enemy · « **Reply #138 on:** July 25, 2011, 03:31:05 pm »

Quote from: el diablos on July 25, 2011, 03:19:29 pm

Nice one

You can see (or hear) how that mistake could be made and usually the context of meaning tells you that something isn't right. But in that instance the correct meaning is still present in the mistake as the phrase means to sort out the good from bad, the weak from strong. Did you ever stop to think what the chaff was?

I used to oddly think that chaff meant weak....but then it occured to me sorting the weak from the weak made no sense at all.

Mrfabulous · « **Reply #139 on:** July 25, 2011, 04:49:53 pm »

Quote from: .adam on July 22, 2011, 06:57:44 am

My boss ALWAYS uses the word pacific instead of specific. Winds me up to no end.

My boss once told us to cover some stuff in the yard up with some tad poling.

Party Phil · « **Reply #140 on:** July 25, 2011, 05:28:03 pm »

Hans that does dishes is as soft as Gervais with mild green hairy lipped squid

Nessy76 · « **Reply #141 on:** July 25, 2011, 05:51:48 pm »

Quote from: blurred on July 25, 2011, 03:26:36 pm

Mate of mine in school would swear blind it was chimley instead of chimney. Blew his mind when he found out he had been saying it wrong.

Ha. Everyone knows it's chimBley.

Alan_X · « **Reply #142 on:** July 25, 2011, 06:02:56 pm »

Top draw...

Robert_B · « **Reply #143 on:** July 25, 2011, 06:17:12 pm »

"I could care less"

Argh. Just think about what you're saying. It makes no sense at all.

Golden_Child · « **Reply #144 on:** July 25, 2011, 06:28:52 pm »

My mom always used to say "The skinny bitch could fit through the Ivan Eedle."

One that I've never really seen the point of is "There's more fat on a chip." I suppose that there is some really skewed logic behind people saying this but it's not like chips are known for being low in fat content.

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #145 on:** July 25, 2011, 06:31:09 pm »

Quote from: Golden_Child on July 25, 2011, 06:28:52 pm

One that I've never really seen the point of is "There's more fat on a chip." I suppose that there is some really skewed logic behind people saying this but it's not like chips are known for being low in fat content.

Isn't that referring to a skinny person?

Golden_Child · « **Reply #146 on:** July 25, 2011, 06:35:07 pm »

Quote from: King Richard IV on July 25, 2011, 06:31:09 pm

Isn't that referring to a skinny person?

Yeah it is. But it makes very little sense. If you want to draw an analogy between somebody who is skinny and a piece of food it would surely make more sense to say something along the lines of "There's more fat on a lettuce" to emphasise your amazement at the persons low fat levels.

Most people would hope that, composition wise, a chip has a higher fat content than their own body.

Alan_X · « **Reply #147 on:** July 25, 2011, 06:46:43 pm »

I don't understand the problem with "I could care less" - it's an American figure of speech that's all, so it's not "wrong", just different.

*edit - reading up on it, there's a suggestion that it's similar to New York Jewish phrases like "I should be so lucky!" (meaning "I have no hope of being lucky") and "Tell me about it!" (meaning "No need to tell me, I already know about it") both of which have an implied sarcasm and are the opposite to their written or logical meaning.

For me - when someone (usually an American friend or someone in an American film or TV programme) says "I could care less..." it really doesn't bother me as I know exactly what they mean... in fact...

rowan_d · « **Reply #148 on:** July 25, 2011, 06:50:23 pm »

Quote from: Alan_F on July 25, 2011, 06:46:43 pm

I don't understand the problem with "I could care less" - it's an American figure of speech that's all, so it's not "wrong", just different.

It makes no sense logically or literally as far as I'm aware, in the context its always used in.

Golden_Child · « **Reply #149 on:** July 25, 2011, 06:52:43 pm »

Quote from: rowan_d on July 25, 2011, 06:50:23 pm

It makes no sense logically or literally as far as I'm aware, in the context its always used in.

Agreed. They would be just as well off saying "I like skittles" in it's place every time and it would make as much sense.

Kopite B205 · « **Reply #150 on:** July 25, 2011, 06:56:10 pm »

Mums and Nans tend to come out with some classics.

My mum calls the Pet Shop Boys - "The Sweet Shop Boys". She also calls a Scart Lead a "Start Lead".

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #151 on:** July 25, 2011, 06:59:37 pm »

Quote from: Golden_Child on July 25, 2011, 06:35:07 pm

Yeah it is. But it makes very little sense. If you want to draw an analogy between somebody who is skinny and a piece of food it would surely make more sense to say something along the lines of "There's more fat on a lettuce" to emphasise your amazement at the persons low fat levels.

Most people would hope that, composition wise, a chip has a higher fat content than their own body.

But on the outside of a chip there is not much fat (in actual volume, versus ratio)...maybe a ml or so? But I am going to start using "there's more fat on a lettuce", I like it.

Alan_X · « **Reply #152 on:** July 25, 2011, 07:02:48 pm »

Quote from: rowan_d on July 25, 2011, 06:50:23 pm

It makes no sense logically or literally as far as I'm aware, in the context its always used in.

Read my edit...

Golden_Child · « **Reply #153 on:** July 25, 2011, 07:04:37 pm »

Quote from: King Richard IV on July 25, 2011, 06:59:37 pm

But on the outside of a chip there is not much fat (in actual volume, versus ratio)...maybe a ml or so? But I am going to start using "there's more fat on a lettuce", I like it.

Just make sure you credit me following future use

rowan_d · « **Reply #154 on:** July 25, 2011, 07:27:21 pm »

Quote from: Alan_F on July 25, 2011, 07:02:48 pm

Read my edit...

I;ve never heard it on TV, but when I read it on forums I've never got a sense of sarcasm from it

Raul! · « **Reply #155 on:** July 25, 2011, 07:59:43 pm »

Quote from: Alan_F on July 25, 2011, 06:46:43 pm

I don't understand the problem with "I could care less" - it's an American figure of speech that's all, so it's not "wrong", just different.

*edit - reading up on it, there's a suggestion that it's similar to New York Jewish phrases like "I should be so lucky!" (meaning "I have no hope of being lucky") and "Tell me about it!" (meaning "No need to tell me, I already know about it") both of which have an implied sarcasm and are the opposite to their written or logical meaning.

For me - when someone (usually an American friend or someone in an American film or TV programme) says "I could care less..." it really doesn't bother me as I know exactly what they mean... in fact...

Blasphemer. Next you'll be saying that Budweiser is your favourite beer and that the war in Iraq was justified.

Red Beret · « **Reply #156 on:** July 25, 2011, 08:14:57 pm »

My mum usually calls the dvd player the vdv player.

ewok-red · « **Reply #157 on:** July 25, 2011, 08:46:58 pm »

dont get me started on the ice lolly vs lolly ice debate

Brian Blessed · « **Reply #158 on:** July 26, 2011, 02:41:20 pm »

Quote from: CHOPPER on July 26, 2011, 11:16:38 am

Not being a mod I don't wheel the iron fist,

CHOPPER · « **Reply #159 on:** July 26, 2011, 03:00:49 pm »

My England is very goodly speaked and wroted, Ill have you no.