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Common sayings that are commonly misstated
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Well, relative to most of the universe which exists at near absolute zero, absolutely scalding.
I usually say something like that if I am trying to be condescending (humorously to friends and such).
I do this all the time. Not the brightest knife in the shed are you? I also deliberately mispronounce foreign words, unless they are commonly mispronounced, in which case I will pronounce them correctly. In Pittsburgh there is a neighborhood called Versailles which is pronounced 'ver-sales', drives me bonkers.
This is an example of McKean's law.
Did you mean to say, "Regional inflections, dialects and slang in the verbal context bother me less than written mistakes"?
Yep, I know that. Just posted it that way. If I had posted NUCULAR, it may have been too obvious, people may have taken offense that I was mocking a certain past political figure. This way, I stayed neutral (until now
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I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but:
"That's ironic"
Has to be one of the most abused phrases out there.
"That's ironic"
Has to be one of the most abused phrases out there.
My grandpa uses funny aphorisms and sayings. Like if one is begging and wanting for something, he would say "want in one hand, sh*t in the other, see which one fills up the fastest." Or if you couldn't do anything right he would say "you couldn't pour piss out of a boot without reading the directions on the heel."
Not sure if their correct or whatever, but still funny.
Not sure if their correct or whatever, but still funny.
I didn't want to go back and read everything so this may have been posted but...
On the "couldn't care less" thing:
"smallest possible unit of caring"
I knew someone who would butcher "six of one, half dozen of the other". She said "six of one-half dozen or the other". I have no idea what that means.
On the "couldn't care less" thing:
"smallest possible unit of caring"
I knew someone who would butcher "six of one, half dozen of the other". She said "six of one-half dozen or the other". I have no idea what that means.
Returning to the sports world, where the OP started, one that always grates on me is the announcer saying that one team is within X points of the other when he doesn't means less than X; he means exactly X.
ie" After the extra point the Colts have pulled within 7 points of the Packers; the score is 21 to 14.
ie" After the extra point the Colts have pulled within 7 points of the Packers; the score is 21 to 14.
I occurs to me that used as a literary device, double negatives can be interesting. You know, for things like commenting on a groaner joke: "Well, that was not in-funny".
Sportscasters putting the accent on the wrong syllable in words like defense or offense, eg. DEE-fense. Or when the team that is trailing scores a run, they announce the new score but put emphasis on the leading team's score which makes it sound like they just scored. For example if the score is seven to three, and the trailing team scores a run, they will say "and the runner is safe at home, making the score SEVEN to four ..."
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