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  • L LloydA111

    Oh I get you ;) :laugh:


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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

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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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      :-D


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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

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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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        • 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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          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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            AspDotNetDev
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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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                      • A AspDotNetDev

                        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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                        My late father used to jokingly pronounce it "horse's doovers". Man I miss him... :((

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                        • L Lost User

                          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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                          My daughter is 5, and was saying haitch the other day. I said no, aitch. My wife said no, haitch. My daughter says her teacher has told them haitch. So I asked my mother who until recently taught children of a similar age. She said she said and taught aitch, although her father said haitch. I am adamant that the school should not be teaching haitch, and all this is a just after the following story on the BBC website; Haitch or Aitch[^]

                          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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                            Colin Rae
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                            Two I hate... A co-worker always says "a mute point" And why do so many Americans say "heighth", as if it has an extra haitch "h" on the end? AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!

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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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                              Peter_in_2780
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                              I still remember (many years later) being quite shocked when I was told (in front of a class of about 30) that it's comparison, not comparism.

                              Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.

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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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                                Vark111
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                                I know technically it's correct usage, but it still makes me grit my teeth: object-orientated

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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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                                  bVagadishnu
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                                  The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick. [thrice] Many stumble on the word 'The'

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                                  • L Lost User

                                    My daughter is 5, and was saying haitch the other day. I said no, aitch. My wife said no, haitch. My daughter says her teacher has told them haitch. So I asked my mother who until recently taught children of a similar age. She said she said and taught aitch, although her father said haitch. I am adamant that the school should not be teaching haitch, and all this is a just after the following story on the BBC website; Haitch or Aitch[^]

                                    Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                                    We have the same issue with my 7 year old granddaughter. Fortunately, her mother is Afrikaans so accepts what we say about "correct" English. Unfortunately far too many primary school teachers are not as literate as they should be.

                                    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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                                      Henry Minute
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                                      A co-worker who I used to fancy something rotten, would always say when she was hungry "I'm ravishing". I could but agree with her.

                                      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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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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                                        ChrisElston wrote:

                                        People who say pacific instead of specific

                                        Gosh, they need to go to the libary, than there vocab would be nucalur.

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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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                                          aspdotnetdev wrote:

                                          Go ahead, try saying it out loud quickly

                                          One smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart fellows, they felt smart. And they all felt smart together!!

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