So I realised I didn't know how to say/spell...

[Yulebealrite]

Fell swoop.

I wrote foul swoop. Thought no, fowls fly and swoop so it's probably that. Checked it by googling and realised that I've been saying it wrongly al these years.

It's fell swoop.

My mate emailed me and mentioned something about a 'stand-in' joke

Her mind was blown when I pointed out it was 'standing' joke.

She had no idea how she'd managed to go 52 years without knowing that!

Wow! I thought it was foul swoop as well. I swear that's how I've heard it said.

The old meaning of “fell” to mean “savage,” “cruel,” or “ruthless” has otherwise pretty much died out, so that many people mistakenly substitute “foul” or “fowl” for “fell.” “Fell” in this sense is related to words like “felon” and “felony.

people who say it's "mute" point. Always makes me smile.

People who say/write of when they mean have. Grrrrr

People who write “upmost” instead of “utmost.”

My husband said “tractor mortgage” this morning instead of tracker mortgage.
He laughs about MIL saying the wrong words, but does it all the time himself.
It does tickle me, and he hates being “corrected”, so I say nothing!

People who write "reign" instead of "rein" when they say "rein it in", "keep it on a tight rein", "have free rein".

And "tow the line" instead of "toe the line".

I like the tractor mortgage

I'm always quite judgy about most mistakes like that but obviously I'm not perfect

bare with me - arrrrgh!

But Mrs I think it depends on the context it's being used. Both are legitimate words but I agree folks do tend to say upmost importance which would be wrong.

Grin and “bare” it rather than “bear” it.....

I read a book once in which the author wrote that neither she nor her husband were "milk and toast people".

Confused me for ages till I discovered that she must have meant "Milquetoast"!

Mute point and tow the line.

And draw for drawer boggles my mind.

ShalomJackie When starting a new job as a teenager I had "I am new so please bare with me" written under my name on my badge!

I didn't know it was utmost! I've never heard that, just with a P.

That's a new one on me curtains I've never heard that before.

running a muck is becoming popular on the www I notice.

Isn't it uppermost rather than upmost anne ?

My boss says physical calendar instead of fiscal calendar. Drives me mad.

DD1 had been saying/writing when all sudden done instead of when all is said and done for years! Through English GCSEs and A levels, she was mortified when she found out.

I recently used apocalyptic as opposed to apoplectic.

I genuinely thought it was "apocalyptic with rage"

When I was a kid I used to think a dual carriage way was a George carriageway.

Can I reserve a special place in Hell for people who say their 'girl dog' has not been 'spaded'?

1. It's not a girl dog, it's a bitch.

2. It's 'spayed'.

If nothing else, it gives me a mental image of them thinking the vet wanted to do something horrible to their largely unsocialised or trained precious pet with a garden implement and they're using it as a justification for back yard breeding.

Hate when people spell "Ketones" as "Keytones"