Remuneration
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To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)
aspdotnetdev wrote:
I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant?
"means well"?
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant?
"means well"?
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I'm sure you mean well, but nope, that's not what this person intended to say.
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To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)
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To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)
I used to pronounce "chimney" as "chimley". Did it for years as no one bothered telling me I was saying it wrong.
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The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
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I once asked somebody, out loud, how to say "hors d'oeuvres". I pronounced it something like "whores day ewv rays".
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I used to pronounce "chimney" as "chimley". Did it for years as no one bothered telling me I was saying it wrong.
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The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
Criminy! When I was a kid, I used to say "doll friends" instead of "dolphins". I think I was just trying to be cute though.
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Criminy! When I was a kid, I used to say "doll friends" instead of "dolphins". I think I was just trying to be cute though.
:) When I was much younger, I used to only be able to say radio instead of radiator :laugh:
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:) When I was much younger, I used to only be able to say radio instead of radiator :laugh:
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The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
That reminds me of...
I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son I'm only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker comes...
Go ahead, try saying it out loud quickly. ;)
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That reminds me of...
I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son I'm only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker comes...
Go ahead, try saying it out loud quickly. ;)
Not as bad as: She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
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The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
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Not as bad as: She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
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The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
That just looks hard to say. But the pheasant one is quite pleasant to hear when somebody messes it up, if you catch my drift. Wink wink, nudge nudge.
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To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)
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That just looks hard to say. But the pheasant one is quite pleasant to hear when somebody messes it up, if you catch my drift. Wink wink, nudge nudge.
aspdotnetdev wrote:
if you catch my drift. Wink wink, nudge nudge.
Erm not really, no ;P
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The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
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I think you develop software, but do you mine as well? You're on the right track, but not quite correct.
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
if you catch my drift. Wink wink, nudge nudge.
Erm not really, no ;P
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The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
People have a tendency to say "pleasant phucker" instead of "pheasant plucker". :)
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People have a tendency to say "pleasant phucker" instead of "pheasant plucker". :)
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To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)
aspdotnetdev wrote:
I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant?
They meant that talking to you got them a bit excited in the trouser department.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)
For years, I read carotid artery as cartoid.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Oh I get you ;) :laugh:
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The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son and I'll be plucking pheasants 'til the pheasant plucker comes.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son and I'll be plucking pheasants 'til the pheasant plucker comes.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant?
They meant that talking to you got them a bit excited in the trouser department.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
While it may have been true that hers swell, I doubt that's what she was trying to convey at that moment. :laugh: