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  • L LloydA111

    :) When I was much younger, I used to only be able to say radio instead of radiator :laugh:


    See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef

    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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    AspDotNetDev
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    That reminds me of...

    The Pheasant Plucking Song:

    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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    • A AspDotNetDev

      That reminds me of...

      The Pheasant Plucking Song:

      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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      LloydA111
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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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      • L LloydA111

        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.


        See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef

        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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        AspDotNetDev
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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.

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        • A AspDotNetDev

          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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          SilimSayo
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          "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant?

          Me as well or mine as well?

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          • A AspDotNetDev

            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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            LloydA111
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            aspdotnetdev wrote:

            if you catch my drift. Wink wink, nudge nudge.

            Erm not really, no ;P


            See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef

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              "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant?

              Me as well or mine as well?

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              AspDotNetDev
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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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              • L LloydA111

                aspdotnetdev wrote:

                if you catch my drift. Wink wink, nudge nudge.

                Erm not really, no ;P


                See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef

                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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                AspDotNetDev
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                People have a tendency to say "pleasant phucker" instead of "pheasant plucker". :)

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                • A AspDotNetDev

                  People have a tendency to say "pleasant phucker" instead of "pheasant plucker". :)

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                  LloydA111
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                  Oh I get you ;) :laugh:


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                  • A AspDotNetDev

                    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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                    Pete OHanlon
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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

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                    • A AspDotNetDev

                      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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                      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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                      • L LloydA111

                        Oh I get you ;) :laugh:


                        See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef

                        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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                        Pete OHanlon
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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

                        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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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

                          My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                          LloydA111
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                          :-D


                          See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef

                          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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                          • P Pete OHanlon

                            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

                            My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                            AspDotNetDev
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                            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? :)

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                              David Crow
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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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                                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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                                DavidCrow wrote:

                                might as well

                                We (might as well) have a winner! :thumbsup:

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                                • P Pete OHanlon

                                  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

                                  My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                                  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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                                  • A AspDotNetDev

                                    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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                                    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.

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                                    • A AspDotNetDev

                                      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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                                      People who say

                                      instead of

                                      could/would/should of

                                      could/would/should have

                                      flaunt

                                      flout

                                      haitch

                                      aitch

                                      off my own back

                                      off my own bat

                                      pacific

                                      specific

                                      nucular

                                      nuclear

                                      and people who cannot pronounce a simple three syllable name (mine)

                                      Just say 'NO' to evaluated arguments for diadic functions! Ash

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                                      • A AspDotNetDev

                                        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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                                        Jeff Connelly
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                                        Cut the mustard.... runs the gambit.... but my real pet peeve is i.e. instead of e.g. :-)

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                                        • D David Crow

                                          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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                                          Mark_Wallace
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                                          DavidCrow wrote:

                                          His word was brassiere. He pronounced it brochure

                                          Conceptually OK. After all, they do present something of interest.

                                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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