Spinoff to 'ValentiMes day'...other misunderstandings..
Original post by HamptonsBride
So you got me thinking of things that are misinterpreted or pronounced...i remember as a kid in Sunday school saying some prayer in which we stated 'forgive us our sins for we are HARDLY sorry for them'...until one day i finally rose my hand and asked ' why are we saying we are HARDLY sorry? Isn't that kind of like we are lying?'....to which my poor exhausted teacher responded...'it's HEARTILY!!!!!'...and i was like 'ooohhhhh...well that one makes sense!!'...i still laugh when i have to say that prayer...
Another funny one is from Tae Kwon Do....my Master is Korean and has a very thick accent....so we used to do this kick i thought was called a 'rowenowski'....i always though...hmm..that sounds kind of Polish if you ask me....well it's actually a ROUNDHOUSE kick...ooops!
Anyone else have anything funny to share??
MrsQ-in2007
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Ah, the ever popular 'could of' (or 'would/ should/ etc of') instead of 'could HAVE' or 'would/ should/ etc HAVE').
And it totally irks me to hear/see 'stupider' or 'stupidest' - they're EVERYWHERE (movies, articles, posts, etc) and they're not correct!!! Just became 'acceptable' I guess.
'Supposably' and 'jew-lery' are other ones that irk me.
And another I just remembered - when people say 'reality' instead of 'realty'!
jtgarsik
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just thought of another! when people say 'are' instead of 'our'.....SOOOO common & acceptable! drives me crazy!
staceylacey
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Suposibly that reminds me of the ffriends episode Anyone a friends addict! Joey Tribiane( Thats a Moo Point )
Anyway I think a lot of NYers are in this boat with me I say 'Draw' Instead of DrawER
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Posted by PeteysBride
For all intensive purposes...
Common error-I did it too till DH corrected me and showed me when we looked it up. Its SUPPOSED to be...
'For all INTENT and PURPOSE' but its one of those that has been misprnounced and mispoken sooo many times that its almost an accepted error.
Do you know, I've never said it in the singular? I ALWAYS say 'for all intentS and purposeS' - never heard anyone else say it in the singular either! Weird.
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Posted by staceylacey
Suposibly that reminds me of the ffriends episode Anyone a friends addict! Joey Tribiane( Thats a Moo Point )
Anyway I think a lot of NYers are in this boat with me I say 'Draw' Instead of DrawER
i'm SOOO in that boat!
Bridelikewhoa07
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my dad goes to the 'BAAT TROOM'
and, i hate to admit it...but my hubby does indeed say the dreaded..........
VALENTIMES DAY!!!!!!!!!
hahahhahaaa!!! i still love him though!
GraceAndAdam
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It annoys me when people say 'voluMptuous' with the M, instead of voluptuous!
Also, I've always found this kind of funny: My dad was born in the late 1930's and when he was little I guess sneakers were known as 'rubbers' so sometimes he still calls them that. I always have to try not giggle when he does that! 'Don't forget your rubbers!' has a whole different meaning for him!
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OOOOOhhhh.....here we go!
Wadda : water (I can't say it right) Str-awe: Straw (people outside of NY CANNOT understand me when I say this) Mirra: Mirror Bat-room
And I HATE, hate hate when people get 'their' and 'there' confused. Though...that's probably not so related. Just needed to get it out there!
Aug07OFCbride
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those stories are freakin great!!!
HelenZ
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Posted by MrsBartonToBe
thats soooooo cute Kath!!!
When I was a kid, im talkin like 5 years old... I thought the song 'Panama' by van halen was actually 'Animal' as in the muppets. I think I sang it that way till I was 47
for the longest time I thought they were saying 'let it rock......let it roll' it makes sense if you listen to the song (or hear me singing it my way lol) at least I wasn't alone w/ making up my own lyrics to Panama!
a pet peeve for me is in the Daily News almost every day! they constantly put in their article headlines 'Clemens SEZ he didn't do steroids' and I'm sitting there thinking, note to editor- it's only ONE more letter to spell it properly- SAYS- does it save that much room to spell it as SEZ....where are we headed when newspapers can't even get it right
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