Malapropisms

[scannellski]

I've heard a couple of things recently which have made my chin itch.
Now, before I start out, I don't claim to be some scholar of the English language, or even to be able to compete with the in-house grammar and speeling police of PH... That said, it still makes me wonder when I hear people trying to be all erudite and wordy, but getting it wrong.
I'm sure the resident scholars would be able to match, if not better my experiences, so check out the examples below and add to them if you can be arsed.

1. Step foot on... instead of set foot on...
2. A steep learning curb... not a curve?
3. That email must have got lost in the ethos... Ether..?

Basically, a common saying or phrase, which is mis-heard and then wrongly repeated by someone trying to sound clever.

Anyone?

Oh that reminds me... I can't be asked.. or I can't be arsed... which is the original?

Over to you.

[FamilyDub]

scannellski said:

speeling

[Rawwr]

4. It was all a bit of a damp squid.

[zac510]

It's a good thing you didn't name any escaped goats or this thread might get ugly.

[Rawwr]

You need to be more pacific.

[CommanderJameson]

Reign in
Banged to rights
To all intense and purposes
Hoisted on his own petard
Blah de blah begs the question (does it fk as like; it raises the question, you retard)

[GTIR]

FamilyDub said:

scannellski said:

speeling

You know his joking right?
Yes, thought so.

I actually just googled speeling.

[marshalla]

"two chances, and one of them is Bob"

"If you think that, you have another thing coming"

[Google [bot]]

Try living in Australia where it seems some convicts fked their sayings up and they are now widely accepted.

[NiceCupOfTea]

"As a pose to"

marshalla said:

"If you think that, you have another thing coming"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhInhE6emE

Edited by NiceCupOfTea on Tuesday 24th May 00:25

[Negative Creep]

Grin and bear it or grin and bare it?

[tank slapper]

Could care less. Seems to be an Americanism:

[carmadgaz]

Rawwr said:

4. It was all a bit of a damp squid.

Or put on a peddlestool?

[RemainAllHoof]

tank slapper said:

Could care less. Seems to be an Americanism:

Someone went to the trouble of creating that pic. Clearly, they could care less.

[uncinqsix]

I drove past a bar called "Lot, Stock and Barrel" in Singapore the other day.

[davhill]

Trivial Pursuits?

[Agrilla]

One foul swoop

[lankybob]

scannellski said:

Oh that reminds me... I can't be asked.. or I can't be arsed... which is the original?

Arrgh! My flat mate says 'can't be asked'! It really gets my goat when he says that. I have always heard and said arsed whether it is the original or not. Can't be asked just sound wrong to me.

[Mr Sparkle]

Rawwr said:

You need to be more pacific.

I haven't heard anyone say this in life, only on pistonheads.

[lankybob]

Really? People don't use the word specific very often but quite a few that I hear say pacific. It grates quite a lot.
I need to get a life, I know.