Sayings/words people get wrong

Spelling Police..... *daughter's*

Actually I have to check that as I think she says "I go York"!

Nervy does not mean nervous.

too many to list, but two of my pet hates are:

"the proof's in the pudding"... no it isn't, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating

"gone to ground"... used routinely by football commentators to indicate that a player has fallen over or been pushed over and ended up on the ground - the original meaning of the phrase is to go into hiding or disappear down a burrow or fox hole... which, frankly, I wish these empty-headed pundits would do 

"The exception that proves the rule" means that the exception tests the rule, not that it somehow shows the rule to be true.

"Prove" in this case has the same meaning as a "proving flight", i.e. a test flight (German "probieren", English "probe"). The letters b and v are often interchangeable among European languages.

"All that glisters is not gold"

so many people say 'glitters'

Not really the under the same umbrella as the rest here but the newspaper report above reminded me of one I read in the Bury Times years and years ago.
Following the report of an intruder, PC Wolstenholme said in court, "I pulled out my truncheon and radioed for help".

It's a vicious circus.

Another Football (and other sports) one, though it probably isn't being grammatically wrong;
"In the context of this game"
It doesn't really mean anything.

Also. Charity begins at home.
This is actually -
Charity begins at home, but shouldn't end there.

Which kind of changes the whole meaning.

Like "Money is the root of all evil".
This should be
"THE LOVE OF money is the root of all evil".

STUDYFORM     22 Sep 13 23:11 
In the right places of course.

Pacific annoys me too.


It's Pacifically
Specific 

I find the words "Making Love" in songs quite annoying. "Doggy style" would be a nice change!

I have to confess to using the "I'm good" one I'm afraid Danno. Blame the American wife

Chomping at the Bit - rather than Champing.

Chomping at the bit is perfectly fine grammar.

"It's all downhill from here", may mean things are going to get easier, or harder, depending on the context.

I've seen "pre-madonna" used on here a few times

Aunty, are you sure that you've got that apostrophe right? You've had two goes, but there IS a third alternative, bearing in mind that you seem to have more than one daughter.

I've got me tin 'at on just in case I'm wrong!

Hmmmm. The quantity of daughters seems a bit ambiguous. Any chance of a quick count?

I can't stand  good ideal being used when they mean good idea,popular around the Bristol region

instead of specific say pacific

instead of kettle say kekkle

I can't stand  good ideal being used when they mean good idea,popular around the Bristol region 

Jamaican's say kekkle also mekkle instead of metal

I've had to do a bit of research into that, Emden.
It seems it used to be "champing", but "chomping" has over the years, become more acceptable.


So I don't feel corrected

I hate it when people start using words that have been popularized in films such as Wayne's World.

Kerching drives me MAD!

mince sauce instead of mint sauce

Abominal Snowman

Febuary

my worst examples are:
Words ending with 'ing' e.g. something or nothing. Young people pronounce them with a K on the end of the word instead of the G. To go along with this they substitute the 'th' with 'f' to get somefink or nofink. I even caught an English school teacher speaking like this at an open evening a few year back.

Hey BigU2fan, I couldn't agree more! I know somebody that speaks just like that!

My wife has ruined me! I remembered some more. I also say runnin, shootin, jumpin etc

Oh yes, I've just remembered another very irritating one.

Hey. when what is actually meant is EH.

Eh?

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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"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

and my all time  favourite


... the Belgium lad could win this race >

'of' in stead of 'have'

I could of gone out today

URGHHH

I turned round and said to him


when there was no turning round at all

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'

I coulda gone there today

I could have gone there today (sounds too long winded imo)

another one ,

I don't have anything to say

I have nothing to say

2nd is easier

Well-paid BBC presenters/pundits/newsreaders who think AC Milan have a Brazilian midfielder called Cacker

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 

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.

Sorry, I have NO personal knowledge! Typo.

Oops! Already used 'not' so cancel above post!

that Victoria Coren has fantastic bosoms,no she only has one fantastic bosom

That's what is called 'changing tack'!

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?

Lacksadaisical

Cacker is a midfield player not a defender. Kaka.

give 110%

That's nowt! I've seen a MILLION per cent bandied about on the Jeremy Kyle show. Now that IS a lot!

i'll give 110% of what jeremy's saying.

Police often guilty of this one,
responding to a reported burgalry

England playing the Belgiums...ffs...

On tenderhooks...

DB - I can't stand it when Americans say 'burglarised'

And from the classic anals (sic) of George Bush...misunderestimated

Nucular.

labratory instead of laboratory

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'.

Advertised in my local paper...For Sale..... Chester draws!!

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'.

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.'

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....'

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.

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!

^ On a similar note, "the car wants cleaning". No, it may need cleaning but it doesn't really care either way.

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..

only 3 more sleeps to (whatever)...

I do "get-ups"

Nucular weapon.

A guy that I know said "Don't worry, I'll get my own back. Every dog has his bone".

Saying "UM" instead of "THEM".

"I can't say I blame UM"


Just heard somebody say it which made me think "Great, I've got something else to tell my Betfair mates!"

The proof is in the pudding.

Dunno if this has been done:

"You've got two choices"

No I haven't. I've got one choice between two options.

Pretty sure I've been one to say two choices, but I'll be using this at the next opportunity.

a leper can't change his spots

One the Mrs uses a lot is 'I got it off line' like buying it 'off Ebay' as if 'line' is some sort of supplier.

i won it in an auction !


no you didn't ,you paid for it ! 

^ A bit off topic but that reminded me of a sign for a fairground I pass on the way home,
Wristbands- FREE unlimited rides - £6.99

I often drop in "Can I get a..." when ordering beers as it really winds a mate of mine up.

(Thinly veiled "I have a mate" post...)

Many people don't seem to know the difference between imply and infer and already mentioned, affect and effect.

Its and It's is another where people don't know the difference.

a pair of trousers ,a pair of shorts ?  why,what,where,how,who,when,which ? 

no,its a trouser imo -

excuse me - can i try on this trouser ?  - followed by a funny look

next time i pick up a jumper i'm gonna say -  can i try on this pair of jumpers

JB - to be fair, there really isn't that much between 'imply' & 'infer' - it's not as if they've got entirely different meanings like alteration & alterCation.

That's probably the territory where pedantry meets tolerance of stupidity

You would be happy among German speakers, Coachbuster. They wear eine Hose and that's the end of it. And the French make do with but a single pantalon. Yet Spaniards are only satisfied with pantalones. The Dutch are able to fit themselves into a single broek, but the same word in English multiplies itself into breeches.

They have completely different meanings.

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/10/imply-or-infer/

Imply and infer are as similar as forwards and backwards.

If I imply something, you can only infer my meaning. You can't imply it as well.

And if I infer something from what you've said, then you must have implied it to me. You can't infer your own implication.

sbtw-that's some knowledge you have there my friend

Oh! Here's one that's almost de rigueur in the world of estate agent gobtoss: "The property comprises of living room, kitchen, blah blah."

No. It consists of living room, burble, gobtoss. But it comprises living room, hair gel, Mini Cooper etc.

Misuse of "had" as in "Mr Jones had his house burgled"

Reads as though he arranged the burglary

Coachbuster - I agree sir...SBTW has made me realise I'm as thick as shít

Hugh Taylor has put one up today,

Isnt one for the feint-hearted

the ball fell for him on his favoured left foot,just how many left feet has he got then?

he has two left feet ? (as in shyte footballer, dancer etc)

now that would be interesting

one of the best footballers ever used to wear two left boots due to a birth defect

He was born with 'em on?

like his legs I,ve gone off on a tangent.sorry

Sikth instead of sixth. Martin Brundle this is you.

Rob Burrows Leeds RL player, its Burrow F FS

Commentators always seem to call Ronaldo, "Renaldo".

Just reading reviews on carpet cleaning detergent.....

"I have used it in the living room in a normal box standard VAX Rapide".