For pointyhairs and other friends of hollow phrases

[CodeWraith]

When the pun is not intended: Phrases that people get wrong[^] Damp squids, indeed! :-)

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

[musefan]

It started well, but then got silly. Just seems like made up article filler for the most part. I mean, I can't imagine anybody has every said "Taken for granite"... well, at least not anyone that actually speaks English.

[Zafar Sultan]

That peaked piqued my interest.

[Lost User]

err, maybe not in UK, USA, Aus... but in Asia (including countries like Singapore where English is the [first] official language) I've seen those mistakes, more and worse.

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[RickZeeland]

Fairy interesting :-\

[CodeWraith]

I take that for grunted. :-)

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

[Sander Rossel]

musefan wrote:

Taken for granite

I've actually seen that one X| And I could care less is very common as well, come on people, how hard is it!? That said, I didn't recognize about 90% of them, but the ones I did recognize I recognized correctly (except the thing/think) :D

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[Sander Rossel]

Better late then ever!

[Richard Deeming]

Sander Rossel wrote:

And I could care less is very common as well, come on people, how hard is it!?

I recall having a "robust discussion" with someone on here about that one some years ago. They couldn't quite grasp the idea that could care less implies a non-zero amount of caring at the moment. :doh:

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[peterkmx]

the discussion is eating up … :-)

[den2k88]

I had french customers who always wrote porpoise instead of purpose.

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[glennPattonWork3]

True, I have heard it used by some French and Belgians & French speaking Canadian, but not by a native (UK, USA, New-Zeland, Oz etc.) Interestingly the 'Jack Of All Trades' the quote Jack of All Trades master of none. I always understood it as 'Jack Of All Trades, master of none, more use than master of one'...