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Oh yes, I've just remembered another very irritating one.
Hey. when what is actually meant is EH. Eh? |
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Plain sailing.
Plane sailing is the simplest form of navigation applicable to distances of < 600 nm. The curvature of the Earth can be ignored, and the Earth's surface can be considered to be a plane. |
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judorick
24 Sep 13 17:04 Joined: 27 Nov 11 | Topic/replies: 17,771 | Blogger: judorick's blog "All that glisters is not gold" so many people say 'glitters' Angry Idiot- both are correct Yes - 'glisters' is the oldest quote from Merchant of Venice but 'glitters' has been used for centuries and is also fine - so calm down dear  |
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and my all time favourite
 ... the Belgium lad could win this race > |
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'of' in stead of 'have'
I could of gone out today URGHHH  |
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I turned round and said to him
when there was no turning round at all |
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I can never understand why folk use 'could of' when it's easier to say 'could ave'
I generally say 'coulda' which i think is the most commonly used one since it sounds less clumsy than 'could have' |
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I coulda gone there today
I could have gone there today (sounds too long winded imo) |
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another one ,
I don't have anything to say I have nothing to say 2nd is easier |
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Well-paid BBC presenters/pundits/newsreaders who think AC Milan have a Brazilian midfielder called Cacker
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Plain sailing.
Plane sailing is the simplest form of navigation applicable to distances of < 600 nm. The curvature of the Earth can be ignored, and the Earth's surface can be considered to be a plane. Nice one, never heard that before  |
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Hmmnm. Might not be as easy as that. Could be that plane sailing does, indeed, indicate navigation regarding the earth's surface as a flat plane, But 'plain sailing' seems to refer to sailing in waters that are clear and free from obstruction.
Just got that from Google' so It is not something of which I have personal knowledge, but there may be room for both. |
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Sorry, I have NO personal knowledge! Typo.
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Oops! Already used 'not' so cancel above post!
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that Victoria Coren has fantastic bosoms,no she only has one fantastic bosom
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That's what is called 'changing tack'!
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When morons say something has increased by 200%, it hasn't doubled, it's trebled!
If it's increased by 100% it's doubled  Why sound so pretentious by using percentages that they know fcuk all about? |
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Lacksadaisical
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Cacker is a midfield player not a defender. Kaka.
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give 110%
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That's nowt! I've seen a MILLION per cent bandied about on the Jeremy Kyle show. Now that IS a lot!
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i'll give 110% of what jeremy's saying.
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Police often guilty of this one,
responding to a reported burgalry |
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England playing the Belgiums...ffs...
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On tenderhooks...
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DB - I can't stand it when Americans say 'burglarised'
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And from the classic anals (sic) of George Bush...misunderestimated
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Nucular.
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labratory instead of laboratory
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My boss spells 'per se' as 'per say'. He also told me the other day 'I'm a glass half empty person...I'm really positive'.
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Advertised in my local paper...For Sale..... Chester draws!!
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Dunno if this has been done:
"You've got two choices" No I haven't. I've got one choice between two options. Also, 'compared to' should be 'compared with'. |
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I remember a radio report starting 'The average Bulgarian woman has had up to 7 abortions' which is nonsense, but heard many similar examples since.
It's like saying 'the average English man has scored up to 3 goals in a World Cup Final.' |
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S + C - agree about that, very similar to sales advertising 'up to 50% off' - which tells you that there is no greater reduction than 50 % but nothing more.
'Tescos' instead of 'Tesco' winds anonoys me greatly for no apparent reason, mainly probably because it is so widespread - 'I'm just going to Tescos to get some....' |
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Not saying people get wrong, just an annoying habit.
Also, in the other corner of the restaurant, I looked and I just saw, you know, like, dead bodies and stuff. And I was, like, really just praying for them to just wiggle a bit to see if they were, like, OK and alive. Someone else also kind of moved to see his head - moved his head to see who was there. And I kind of, like, pointed to him, just like, are you OK? You know with my thumbs up. And he's, like, I'm OK. |
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I often say... "I'm gonna make some bread" when really it should be... "I'm gonna butter some bread."
And even that's wrong cos it's usually margarine, not butter! God I'm full of crap today!  |
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^ On a similar note, "the car wants cleaning". No, it may need cleaning but it doesn't really care either way.
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Got a pal who I describe as verbally dyslexic..
Some of his gems: When shove comes to push. Ant in the ointment. Catch 2 situation A mate works in ITT The HNS (NHS) etc.. |
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only 3 more sleeps to (whatever)...
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I do "get-ups"
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