Common sayings people get wrong

[Green Cross Code Man]

It might depend on what translation you use...........

This is true, but I am pretty sure the verse is not linking every evil to money specifically.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

As well as catachresis, these mishearings are also known as Mondegreens. I have a book called that, which is full of the sort of examples quoted in this thread. It's called "Mondegreens, A Book Of Mishearings" It's a fun read, if you like that sort of thing - I do

What about malapropisms?

 

[We're the Stripes]

https://youtu.be/Ch0gtZ-76w8

 

[whitelion]

Borrow and lend regularly get mixed up.

Would you borrow me a fiver?

Can I lend your *******?

 

[spongy]

My worst one up until the age of about 18-19 was I thought it was Pre Madonna instead of prima dona.

I always wondered what she'd done that was so special that all others before her did that made it a a pivotal point in history. I was such a div back then.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

This is true, but I am pretty sure the verse is not linking every evil to money specifically.

But I think the most important thing, as was already pointed out, is that it is the LOVE of money - not money itself.

 

[whitelion]

My worst one up until the age of about 18-19 was I thought it was Pre Madonna instead of prima dona.

I always wondered what she'd done that was so special that all others before her did that made it a a pivotal point in history. I was such a div back then.

I was always pestering my parents to take me to the circus.

Preston Circus.

 

[FamilyGuy]

Not sayings but words.

It's Scapegoat not Scrapegoat or Escapegoat (as I heard a chap once say)

It's Tenterhooks not Tenderhooks.

People who use "regularly" when they mean "frequently", as in "Rooney regularly scores goals like that. "
No he doesn't!!!!

And using "off" instead of "from". As in "I got it off the internet".
No, you got it from the internet.

 

[symyjym]

For all intense and purposes

Towing the line

 

[el punal]

Common Sayings People Get Wrong :

Donald Trump won't win.

Still with Americans, how in God's name did the pronunciation of route become rout? Did some complete f**kwit think that route was root as in something attached to a plant. Rout, to them, is now a road, path, somewhere to go or follow, rather than suffering an abject defeat. Have they not heard of the all time rock n' roll classic ROUTE 66?

 

[GT49er]

But I think the most important thing, as was already pointed out, is that it is the LOVE of money - not money itself.

Regardless of the exact wording of the original quote, this is one of the examples of the language developing and changing. Through common usage, 'Money is the root of all evil' has become a saying in its own right, albeit derived from an earlier, longer, more specific phrase.

May hell freeze over before 'would of' becomes standard, but I think it's fair to say that 'Money is the root of all evil' is now an accepted part of the vernacular.

 

[Boys 9d]

"That will learn you" instead of "That will teach you".

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

But I think the most important thing, as was already pointed out, is that it is the LOVE of money - not money itself.

Hmm. I agree the verse is saying that. But people often leave out 'all kinds' which assigns the love of money to being behind every evil when with 'all kinds' it means lots of different sorts, but crucially not every sort.

 

[warmleyseagull]

"would of" rather than "would have"

 

[Eeyore]

'Same difference'- for two things that are exactly the same thing. Therefore, surely, there is no difference ?

Oh, and 'Have a lovely rest of your day'. 'Rest of the day' is delivered as a lazy pseudo-noun that should really be preceded by an article prefix. I hate that expression, such lazy English.

 

[Eeyore]

I have a colleague who deals with Pacifics instead of specifics.
May I say the two are oceans apart.

I'll get my coat.

I used it all the time as a youngster. Thankfully corrected now.

Do you remember 'Filmed in Panovision' ? I thought Panovision was a country.

 

[GT49er]

"would of" rather than "would have"

Yes, the number of times that has come up on NSC even the dimmest should of got that one right by now!

 

[binky]

misuse of "beg the question" - http://begthequestion.info/

I did not know that!

I now have to go back over a number of conversations and mentally chastise myself in retrospect.

Thank you

 

[Madafwo]

Anythink gets on my nerves more than it probably should.

St. Pancreas and London Houston were two I used to hear when I worked at Brighton Station that annoyed me as well.

 

[OzMike]

Don't count your eggs, rather than don't count your chickens, very strange.