words most often used incorrectly

[Boristhespyder]

Reminds me of my maternal grandfather teaching me to recognize a dangling participle with his joke example, "Leaking, the farmer fixed the pipe."

I hate when farmers leak.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

gauge

When referring to string diameters, they're not measured in wire gauge, but thousandths of an a inch.

 

[Stumbo]

Reminds me of my maternal grandfather teaching me to recognize a dangling participle with his joke example, "Leaking, the farmer fixed the pipe."

Throw the horse over the fence some hay.

 

[blastoff99]

I reading a lot of "stepped foot" recently. When did we stop using "set foot"?

 

[mellowinman]

"Dispronundriate" in place of "slipper."

I hate that.

 

[Buzz E]

Timbre. And so overused as well.

 

[Stumbo]

Sangwich instead of sandwich.

A musical meal.

 

[MrCrane]

We used to have a secretary/P.A. who would consistently tell people that she'd booked them a train ticket from St. Pancreas station.
(For those unfamiliar with London railway termini, it's actually called St. Pancras)

 

[Boristhespyder]

We used to have a secretary/P.A. who would consistently tell people that she'd booked them a train ticket from St. Pancreas station.
(For those unfamiliar with London railway termini, it's actually called St. Pancras)

I am familiar with it and have to admit I jokingly call it the same thing. Am also diabetic so see dark humour in it.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

For those unfamiliar with London railway termini, it's actually called St. Pancras

Ha, we've got a trailer park in a rural area called Jollet, but almost everyone calls it Joliet, because it's full of crims.

Joliet Correctional Center is the prison that Jake gets released from in The Blues Brothers.

Also, "trailer park" is where the folks park their Caravans, permanently.

 

[murphy]

There is a town just outside Toronto called Courtice

Everyone calls it Curtis

and if you don't , they laugh at you...or get mad

 

[murphy]

In Vancouver , Burrard street is called Broad st....and so is Broad street

 

[Killed_by_Death]

My own family gets angry if I pronounce Buena Vista correctly, vehemently correcting me to "Bewna Vista"
None of them pronounce karaoke correctly either.

 

[ZenG]

I'm still not convinced irregardless.

 

[Munjibunga]

Sangwich instead of sandwich.

A musical meal.

It's "sangwidge."

 

[Munjibunga]

"Butt naked" instead of the correct "buck naked."

 

[SJLee]

My own family gets angry if I pronounce Buena Vista correctly, vehemently correcting me to "Bewna Vista"
None of them pronounce karaoke correctly either.

There's quite a few of these in VA. Buchanan for instance, or McLean.

 

[Stumbo]

It's "sangwidge."

People in my family definitely say "sangwich".

 

[Stumbo]

"Butt naked" instead of the correct "buck naked."

The butt stops here intead of the buck stops here.

 

[Stumbo]

It's "sangwidge."

I like that one too.
Never heard of it 'till now.