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  • C 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.

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    That peaked piqued my interest.

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    • M 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.

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      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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      • C 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.

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        Fairy interesting :-\

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          Fairy interesting :-\

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          CodeWraith
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          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.

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          • M 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.

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            Sander Rossel
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            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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            • C 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.

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              Sander Rossel
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              Better late then ever!

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              • Sander RosselS 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

                Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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                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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                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                  Better late then ever!

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                  the discussion is eating up … :-)

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                  • M 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.

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

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                    • L 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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                      glennPattonWork3
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                      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'...

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