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It's a very similar thing - people getting common sayings wrong is often through misunderstanding/misuse of the English language.

Nothing against you personally either - but do you really disagree that it is a shocking misuse of the word 'didn't'? Very casual misuse of the English language in my opinion.

"We didn't bring this case to court to stop or delay Brexit." Shocking misuse of the word 'didn't'.

'More haste, less speed' every day!

Fair enough, but can't say I've ever heard that one. 'Free of 'em', maybe, but not the mix of correct and incorrect pronunciation of 'th'.

Not so much creeping into modern parlance - it's been around for years in parts of the country; dialect, not language - it's just the way 'th' is sounded. It's not that they're 'fick', any more than people who pronounce 'by' as 'bah' and 'gum' as 'goom'.

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

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...

Another weird one is the way some people pronounce 'ask' as 'axe'. "Why are you axing me - I don't know the answer. Shall I go and axe my mum?" Weird, just weird............................

The whole thing may be the correct way, but I have to say hat I've heard both parts used, quite reasonably, in isolation. "Oh, for the love of money!" as an exclamation; and "Money is the root of all evil" is, I think, sufficiently well established to be considered a legitimate part of the...

One I heard in my neck of the woods a few years ago was, "Ah, but that's a different kettle of badgers"..................