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Language blind spots

lordromford
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Reading the excellent @LouisMend interview with Lee Bowyer, I was tickled to see that Louis is under the impression that the word “respite” is spelled “rest-bite”.
This reminded me of the excellent episode of ‘The IT Crowd’ where Jen thinks “put her on a pedestal” is “put her on a pedal-stool”
and Roy thinks “Damp Squib” is “Damp squid”
I’ve heard that some people think the phrase “It’s a dog eat dog world” is “It’s a doggy-dog world”
I’m now trying to think of others, but what are your favourite language blind spots?
This reminded me of the excellent episode of ‘The IT Crowd’ where Jen thinks “put her on a pedestal” is “put her on a pedal-stool”
and Roy thinks “Damp Squib” is “Damp squid”
I’ve heard that some people think the phrase “It’s a dog eat dog world” is “It’s a doggy-dog world”
I’m now trying to think of others, but what are your favourite language blind spots?
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“Across the piste”2
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Escape goat.10
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North Lower Neil said:Escape goat.
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On tender hooks.2
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Where I work people are always getting "advice" and "advise" the wrong way around.
Considering we are in the business of giving advice it's particularly embarrassing!
Edit: And affect/effect. Lost count of the number of times it's happened.1 -
On the Champions League song, people seem to think that right at the end the last words they sing are 'The Champions' when all of us ITK will tell you that it's really 'Lasagna'
Just as they sing 'Fried Chicken' at the end instead of 'One Vision'1 -
Haitch6
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lordromford said:Reading the excellent @LouisMend interview with Lee Bowyer, I was tickled to see that Louis is under the impression that the word “respite” is spelled “rest-bite”.
This reminded me of the excellent episode of ‘The IT Crowd’ where Jen thinks “put her on a pedestal” is “put her on a pedal-stool”
and Roy thinks “Damp Squib” is “Damp squid”
I’ve heard that some people think the phrase “It’s a dog eat dog world” is “It’s a doggy-dog world”
I’m now trying to think of others, but what are your favourite language blind spots?0 - Sponsored links:
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golfaddick said:lordromford said:Reading the excellent @LouisMend interview with Lee Bowyer, I was tickled to see that Louis is under the impression that the word “respite” is spelled “rest-bite”.
This reminded me of the excellent episode of ‘The IT Crowd’ where Jen thinks “put her on a pedestal” is “put her on a pedal-stool”
and Roy thinks “Damp Squib” is “Damp squid”
I’ve heard that some people think the phrase “It’s a dog eat dog world” is “It’s a doggy-dog world”
I’m now trying to think of others, but what are your favourite language blind spots?0 -
You've got another think coming.
For all intensive purposes.
Expresso coffee.
I changed my life by 360 degrees.
Momento.
This thread could run and run for the site's pedants.......0 -
"I could care less"
So you do care at least a little bit then?
"Can you be more Pacific"
I'm not sure what the biggest Ocean on the planet has to do with my details
"I can't be asked"
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Addickted said:You've got another think coming.
For all intensive purposes.
Expresso coffee.
I changed my life by 360 degrees.
Momento.
This thread could run and run for the site's pedants.......6 -
Every time this thread comes up (and it's happened multiple times over the years), I think of 'Popcorn kettle black'3
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Baa baa black sheep
Have you any more0 -
You should all be like me.
Cool calm and selective3 -
People who say titbits instead of tidbits1
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North Lower Neil said:Escape goat.1
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I should of known this was coming.
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Brought instead of bought.........and vice versa.4
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man_at_milletts said:I should of known this was coming.0
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thinK or anythinK or even anyfinK when the word ends in a g. Borrow instead of lend2
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English is a living, unregulated and evolving language, innit.0
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West-mini-ster instead of Westminster - amazing the amount of people who said that when I worked in an office in Westminster5
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LouisMend said:West-mini-ster instead of Westminster - amazing the amount of people who said that when I worked in an office in Westminster
Wemberlee2 -
Think I said this on the other thread, but I used to work with a girl who thought Alzheimer's was called Old Timers Disease.
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Just heard (again) on a Place in the Sun communual pool0
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"On the top of my head" rather than "Off the top of my head"
Eg - "I cant think of anything now, on the top of my head"
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lordromford said:golfaddick said:lordromford said:Reading the excellent @LouisMend interview with Lee Bowyer, I was tickled to see that Louis is under the impression that the word “respite” is spelled “rest-bite”.
This reminded me of the excellent episode of ‘The IT Crowd’ where Jen thinks “put her on a pedestal” is “put her on a pedal-stool”
and Roy thinks “Damp Squib” is “Damp squid”
I’ve heard that some people think the phrase “It’s a dog eat dog world” is “It’s a doggy-dog world”
I’m now trying to think of others, but what are your favourite language blind spots?0