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I knew a Mrs. Houston when I lived in Australia, she pronounced it as 'Houseton'
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Common sayings people get wrong
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I knew a Mrs. Houston when I lived in Australia, she pronounced it as 'Houseton'
- Jul 7, 2003
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Here, here
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Hugely annoying.
Usually seen on sites like Mumsnet, or the Argus comments pages, frequently following up posts like "rip babez heavans gained another angle 2nite"
I always wondered why a certain player for Albion insisted on being addressed as "Dough-bie" when everyone else pronounced it as "Dob-bie.". To rhyme with "Nobby".
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The difference is American English and British English.
Gotten in old English is ill-gotten (gains) as in illegally obtained.
Gotten in America is instead of 'have got'.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,124
Los Vegas. Most Americans say that.
And their stab at Ibiza is invariably shite also.
And their stab at Ibiza is invariably shite also.
Most just say Vegas. One of their tourist websites is Vegas.com
Think that's just up North or Wales.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
I used to know someone who said Ambermance instead of Ambulance.
Also, at my last place of work one of the senior managers, who led the daily stand up meeting would most days use the phrase "Would you like to appraise us of progress".
I could possibly apprise them, but I'd find it hard to appraise them all, I hardly knew some of them.
Also, at my last place of work one of the senior managers, who led the daily stand up meeting would most days use the phrase "Would you like to appraise us of progress".
I could possibly apprise them, but I'd find it hard to appraise them all, I hardly knew some of them.
Normski1989
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I've definitely heard people say it around here, but not too often.
Your post reminded me of something else I hate... When people say they are going 'down' somewhere, when it's clearly not down! Like "I'm going down to London this weekend."
viscentaye
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- Jun 26, 2012
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Many already said so below may include duplicates - I've also been enlightened myself on 'dishwater' and 'begs the question'
- Pedal stool instead of pedestal
- double ended sword instead of double edged!
- bought and brought being mixed up gets on my moobs
- nuffink and everyfink
- how much instead of how many - when in context and vice versa
- how's 'yous' instead of how are you all
Not common but knew someone once who used 'duplicitous' when talking about having to perform a task more than once......
- Pedal stool instead of pedestal
- double ended sword instead of double edged!
- bought and brought being mixed up gets on my moobs
- nuffink and everyfink
- how much instead of how many - when in context and vice versa
- how's 'yous' instead of how are you all
Not common but knew someone once who used 'duplicitous' when talking about having to perform a task more than once......
GT49er
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My wife was born and brought up in Oxfordshire, quite near to Bicester and very often got Shermans asking her the way to Bi sester. Serves her right for confusing condone and condemn and not coming up with enough puns.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
That's a strange one, because you always go up to the capital, but people up north, go down south.
Not when you here them saying "There were free of them" & you are not sure whether they were telling you how many there were or that someone had been liberated from something.
I am not talking about dialect (heaven only knows I can't say "the" correctly) but about the sloppy use of the English language.
Normski1989
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Also meet a lot of people out and about who say they've come 'up' to Brighton for the weekend, yet they've come from up north somewhere.
On a another note... which of the following is correct:
'Less haste, more speed'
'More haste, less speed'
I've always said the first one, meaning if you stop rushing, you'll actually get it done faster because you'll make fewer mistakes. But my Mum says the second one, which basically means the same thing but in the opposite way.
On a another note... which of the following is correct:
'Less haste, more speed'
'More haste, less speed'
I've always said the first one, meaning if you stop rushing, you'll actually get it done faster because you'll make fewer mistakes. But my Mum says the second one, which basically means the same thing but in the opposite way.
GT49er
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GT49er
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'More haste, less speed' every day!