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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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    _Damian S_
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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!!

    I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!

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    • H Henry Minute

      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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      Ha, that's straight out of that movie with Angelina Jolie and what's his face from the Pirates movies. "You look ravenous." "Do you mean ravishing?" "Uh, yes."

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        Ha, that's straight out of that movie with Angelina Jolie and what's his face from the Pirates movies. "You look ravenous." "Do you mean ravishing?" "Uh, yes."

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        Henry Minute
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        My working career pre-dates the 'Pirate' movies by many, many, tears. Hey perhaps they nicked it off of me. Get back to you later, I'm of to my Lawyers office.

        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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          My working career pre-dates the 'Pirate' movies by many, many, tears. Hey perhaps they nicked it off of me. Get back to you later, I'm of to my Lawyers office.

          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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          AspDotNetDev
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          Henry Minute wrote:

          I'm of to my Lawyers office.

          You will use any excuse to visit her. She must be ravenous.

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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?

            Many times, in my email signature, I type "Retards" instead of "Regards". So far, I have not sent any email with former (or I think so).

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              aspdotnetdev wrote:

              Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into?

              Many times, in my email signature, I type "Retards" instead of "Regards". So far, I have not sent any email with former (or I think so).

              Never forget to Dispose any of the ODP.NET objects

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              AspDotNetDev
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              You must be, well, retarded -- by your peers. :)

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              • D dan sh

                aspdotnetdev wrote:

                Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into?

                Many times, in my email signature, I type "Retards" instead of "Regards". So far, I have not sent any email with former (or I think so).

                Never forget to Dispose any of the ODP.NET objects

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                Lost User
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                Easily Done[^]

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

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                • A AspDotNetDev

                  You must be, well, retarded -- by your peers. :)

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                  No. It is just typo which is more frequent than others.

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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!!

                    I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!

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                    Tom Delany
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                    :~ How did this whole thread devolve into "Tongue-Twisters"?

                    WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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                    • D dan sh

                      No. It is just typo which is more frequent than others.

                      Never forget to Dispose any of the ODP.NET objects

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                      Lost User
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                      I tend to go through phases of being unable to type certain words. I typed methid instead of method over and over and over again today. And one day a few years ago trying to program in Progress I typed edn instead of end, a much used word in that language, almost every time. Just for the one day.

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

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                        I tend to go through phases of being unable to type certain words. I typed methid instead of method over and over and over again today. And one day a few years ago trying to program in Progress I typed edn instead of end, a much used word in that language, almost every time. Just for the one day.

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

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                        ChrisElston wrote:

                        I typed methid instead of method over and over and over again today.

                        Yeah. It just happened in this sentence again.

                        ChrisElston wrote:

                        And one day a few years ago trying to program in Progress I typed edn instead of end, a much used word in tha

                        You've gotten so used to it that you do not realize it anymore. See still you are typing it wrong. ;P Retards, Danish

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                          :~ How did this whole thread devolve into "Tongue-Twisters"?

                          WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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                          Just lucky I guess!!

                          I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!

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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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                            expresso instead of espresso annoys me almost as much as 'renumeration'. And I HATE when people type per say instead of per se.

                            Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                              expresso instead of espresso annoys me almost as much as 'renumeration'. And I HATE when people type per say instead of per se.

                              Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                              AspDotNetDev
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                              Christian Graus wrote:

                              expresso instead of espresso annoys me almost as much as 'renumeration'.

                              You hate when people use the incorrect version of a simple word more than when they use the incorrect version of a less common word?

                              Christian Graus wrote:

                              And I HATE when people type per say instead of per se.

                              Hay, give them some slack. That is not, per se, what they meant to say, wouldn't you say?

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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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                                If I ever saw somebody seriously use that, I might have to puke in my mouth a little bit.

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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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                                  Heard a David O'Docherty (sp?) at the Edinburgh festival (it's on the Amnesty International final podcast) ranting (in song) about how he pronounced Hyperbole to rhyme with superbowl, twice, live on radio. Well, it's funny when he sings it:)

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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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                                    BarrRobot
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                                    On one large project I worked on, a time at which a defined task had to be completed was known as a Millstone (instead of milestone). We put it down to a Freudian slip.

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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"?

                                      The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word. Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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                                      tm_quinn
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                                      maybe mine's well as in mine's well how is yours

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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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                                        Vark111 wrote:

                                        object-orientated

                                        Whatever happened to oriented? I used to snicker to myself every time my boss said "orientated."

                                        Gary

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                                        • L Lost User

                                          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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                                          Even worse are people who muddle 'literally' with 'figuratively'; as in "He literally exploded with rage". Also, lots of folks muddle 'regularly' and 'frequently'; as in "I regularly give to charity" (which could mean once a decade, when they intend to imply much more often). Plus, (and this seems common amongst the Americans) there is no word called 'alot'; the options are 'a lot' (many) or 'allot' (to distribute).

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