Remuneration
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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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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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:) 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:
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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:
Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into?
I was at a company gathering nearly 20 years ago and one of the ladies brought her young son. We were playing some sort of party-type game where words were involved. His word was brassiere. He pronounced it brochure. It elicited quite the chuckle.
aspdotnetdev wrote:
I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant?
Mine is well, or might as well.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into?
I was at a company gathering nearly 20 years ago and one of the ladies brought her young son. We were playing some sort of party-type game where words were involved. His word was brassiere. He pronounced it brochure. It elicited quite the chuckle.
aspdotnetdev wrote:
I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant?
Mine is well, or might as well.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
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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
I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's mate, and I'm only plucking pheasants cos the pheasant plucker's late. I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's wife, and I've never plucked a pheasant in my pheasant plucking life.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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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? :)
People who say pacific instead of specific need to be beaten until they stop. These seem to mostly be women. I actually saw someone write "anyone persific?" the other day. Londoners cannot say Birmingham, they say Birmanum. I always pronounced Arkansas as it is written until I saw something to do with Bill Clinton where there was a caption on the TV.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.