Maddening Malapropisms

PJSiren

LMAO! Then you would be using it correctly!!!

Wobbie

"supposably"

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PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

Schedule

People that say (shed-you-ul) instead of (sked-you-ul).
Where did people learn (shed-you-ul)?

They must have been taught that in shool.

Actually that is correct, in The UK. We stole it from them.. Therefor, shed u le is correct.

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There's this girl where I work that always says ' mixer' instead of mixture.

lazloblue

Heard it on the radio and it just makes me crazy! Butt-en instead of Button.

Wobbie

I hate when people say "if I'm the NBA" "if I'm congress" " if I'm San Antonio" etc.

Hobbes

imalive said:

I hate when people say "if I'm the NBA" "if I'm congress" " if I'm San Antonio" etc.

If I'm the 10c....

Amongst the Ani

How about sportscaster saying out with a knee to imply a player wont be playing that day. Last I checked the vast majority of people 'have a knee'. Say 'out with a hurt knee' for gods sake.

HesCalledDyer

I pacifically stated...

Wobbie

"Family orientated"

HesCalledDyer

We have a thing at work called an "Alliance Program." Basically what it is, is our customers (resellers) invest only in our products and don't offer similar products from our competitors in their stores. Now, any time we have any type of corporate communications, whoever writes or speaks about it always says "our aligned customers" and it drives me fucking bananas! It should be "our allied customers."

Alliance = allied
Alignment = aligned

Wobbie

HesCalledDyer said:

We have a thing at work called an "Alliance Program." Basically what it is, is our customers (resellers) invest only in our products and don't offer similar products from our competitors in their stores. Now, any time we have any type of corporate communications, whoever writes or speaks about it always says "our aligned customers" and it drives me fucking bananas! It should be "our allied customers."

Alliance = allied
Alignment = aligned

MEMO TO ALL STAFF!

HesCalledDyer

Preventative measures is another good one.

PJ_Soul

davidtrios said:

I could care less

This drives me CRAZY.

PJ_Soul

I am guilty of one myself. Until the age of 25 or so, I'd only ever seen the macabre on paper, and had never heard it said out loud. So I decided to say it out loud... and said "mack-a-burr". Very embarrassing. Finally someone corrected me (while laughing at me).

ldent42

PJ_Soul said:

I am guilty of one myself. Until the age of 25 or so, I'd only ever seen the macabre on paper, and had never heard it said out loud. So I decided to say it out loud... and said "mack-a-burr". Very embarrassing. Finally someone corrected me (while laughing at me).

This has happened to me so many times, with so many words, I've stopped giving a shit.

RKCNDY

crick...when people say, "I took a walk by the crick"

WTF?!!??!?!?

Dictionary says:
noun
1.
a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
verb (used with object)
2.
to give a crick or wrench to (the neck, back, etc.)

northerndragon

when people pronounce roof like a dog barking....seriously

HesCalledDyer

RKCNDY said:

crick...when people say, "I took a walk by the crick"

WTF?!!??!?!?

Dictionary says:
noun
1.
a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
verb (used with object)
2.
to give a crick or wrench to (the neck, back, etc.)

This hits home in a way that you could only understand if you grew up where I live! It drives me nuts, too! I always tell people if your from Greece, you're not Grick.

RKCNDY

^^^ thank gawd! I hear so many people say that (generally they are from small towns) and it drives me bonkers! Thought I was the only one...

I used to say 'coo-pin'...just to annoy my manager. One day she was going on about loving being called redneck (but don't call her trailer trash-dontaskmewhy). So I teased her about going to Wal-Mart with all her coo-pins.

hedonist

RKCNDY said:

^^^ thank gawd! I hear so many people say that (generally they are from small towns) and it drives me bonkers! Thought I was the only one...

I used to say 'coo-pin'...just to annoy my manager. One day she was going on about loving being called redneck (but don't call her trailer trash-dontaskmewhy). So I teased her about going to Wal-Mart with all her coo-pins.

Ron White does a great bit on coo-pins.

SD48277

I have a friend who says "ax" instead of "ask," as in: "I ax him what he was doing."
Makes my eyes twitch every time she says it.

hedonist

SD48277 said:

I have a friend who says "ax" instead of "ask," as in: "I ax him what he was doing."
Makes my eyes twitch every time she says it.

Drives me crazy - like "libary". How are you missing a key letter?!

davidtrios

lazloblue said:

Heard it on the radio and it just makes me crazy! Butt-en instead of Button.

In Man of the Hour, Vedder says Cur-den instead of Curtain

Wobbie

SD48277 said:

I have a friend who says "ax" instead of "ask," as in: "I ax him what he was doing."
Makes my eyes twitch every time she says it.

"Go ax your mother"

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Using an 'f' instead of pronouncing the 'th'. Example: wiff instead of saying with.As in...
Go wiff me to da stoe.. Rrrrttghgh why would you WANT to sound stupid????

HesCalledDyer

My last name... four simple letters... easy to say.

90% of the time I get Dwyer or Dryer. Aggravates the living piss out of me! I don't understand why it's so difficult to get it correct.

Wobbie

HesCalledDyer said:

My last name... four simple letters... easy to say.

90% of the time I get Dwyer or Dryer. Aggravates the living piss out of me! I don't understand why it's so difficult to get it correct.

how the hell did you make those letters RED????????

HesCalledDyer

imalive said:

HesCalledDyer said:

My last name... four simple letters... easy to say.

90% of the time I get Dwyer or Dryer. Aggravates the living piss out of me! I don't understand why it's so difficult to get it correct.

how the hell did you make those letters RED????????

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