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I'll take your Chester draws and I'll raise you a...

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smellyjellycopter · 14/06/2021 17:18

Wallah! It's the first time I've seen voilà written this way. But when I think about it, it seems like a really obvious thing to do so I wonder how common it is.
Is it a "thing" that I've just missed before now?

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Cadent · 14/06/2021 21:44

I just checked that online as I didn't believe that cars shark was incorrect - it's card sharp or card shark, phew!

Odd that you’re relieved. Do you really think you know every word?

Card sharp is original and correct, card shark is the evolved term:

“Sharping” is a 19th century slang word that meant “swindling.” It was used in a variety of activities, not just gambling. For instance, a con man posing as a preacher in the Old West might be known as a “gospel sharp.”

BlackeyedSusan · 14/06/2021 21:45

@Ostara212 for putting me out of my misery and spelling nonchalant. Brain fog refused to allow me to access the spelling file for nonchalant...

Typing nonchalant for a third time to try and get it to stick.

I love these threads. I know most of them but I occasionally find a spelling or saying I have been getting wrong.

Alot- a lot, wierd- weird, practice/practise

You have yet to teach me effect, affect so I can use with confidence... Mental block!

Thistles24 · 14/06/2021 21:45

I used to work with my brother, and we had one employee who wasn’t doing his job right. After the 3rd time we spoke to him about it, he stood up and said “This isn’t on. You’re just looking for someone to be the escaped goat!” And stormed out, leaving my brother and I bewildered about the whereabouts of a goat, until we realised he meant “scapegoat”.
(He came back and apologised, got his act together and still works for the company many years later, and is a highly valued employee, but “your trying to make me the escaped goat” is a saying that’s gone down in family historyGrin

June2021 · 14/06/2021 21:46

@StarryStarrySocks

I was googling last night for some specific inheritance advice and came across a post on another forum going on about hares. I was absolutely baffled.

Only after reading more posts from other people did I realise it was meant to be heirs!

It could have been worse, they could have mentioned 'hairs'
Benjispruce3 · 14/06/2021 21:48

Dead as a dodo is correct as dodos are extinct.

M4J4 · 14/06/2021 21:50

No, it’s dead as a doornail, it’s been around for centuries.

Florabritannica · 14/06/2021 21:50

There is an exuberance and creativity to these usages that I would not want to be without. Don’t forget that oranges and aprons were originally naranjes and naperones. And Jerusalem artichokes were girasoles.

sweetkitty · 14/06/2021 21:51

Breaded dragon

I often think of a poor wee dragon in breadcrumbs.

Estara · 14/06/2021 21:53

A work colleague when selling her house told me it's only 'bricks and water'

UsedName000 · 14/06/2021 21:54

I saw this on the Next website. I emailed them to point it out (I was a bit bored 😀) and a customer services person replied to say that they had “past” it to their manager to look into. I gave up at that point…

I'll take your Chester draws and I'll raise you a...
deste · 14/06/2021 21:54

Dinning table anyone, or a Chester draws.

amysaurus87 · 14/06/2021 21:55

My son had a dairy allergy which he outgrew, a friend of mine asked at the time if I knew what the symptoms where as she thought her son was 'lack toast intolerant' had me giggling for days!

M4J4 · 14/06/2021 21:55

@Florabritannica

There is an exuberance and creativity to these usages that I would not want to be without. Don’t forget that oranges and aprons were originally naranjes and naperones. And Jerusalem artichokes were girasoles.
I saw this on QI a couple of days ago, Orange is from the persian/arabic word Naranj.
marble11 · 14/06/2021 21:58

@anguauberwaldironfoundersson

"Close the boarders it's discusting" was one I saw recently.
Normally with discusting you will also find people are 'fumming'
iklboo · 14/06/2021 21:58

@Salome61 - worse. Chimbley.

Crunchymum · 14/06/2021 21:59

Thread on here the other day and the poster described herself (or someone) as non shallot.

She took the ribbing that ensued, in good grace.

Florabritannica · 14/06/2021 21:59

Love love love lack toast intolerant. Now I know what to call mid-morning hunger pangs when I haven’t had breakfast.

Benjispruce3 · 14/06/2021 21:59

Dead as doornails. Also dead as a dodo.

M4J4 · 14/06/2021 22:02

True

namechange222777 · 14/06/2021 22:05

DP calls the window sill a window still. Really bugs me. The cat is on the window still 😂😂

Lykia · 14/06/2021 22:05

"Looking very swarve tonight" a comment made on FB to a couple dining out at the weekend. I had to read it a few times to realise what they meant.

Florabritannica · 14/06/2021 22:05

Dead as a daffodil? As a dachshund? A dugong?

coolhwip · 14/06/2021 22:06

"Looking very swarve tonight"

Riccoooooooo……swarveeeeeee

JSL52 · 14/06/2021 22:07

@roobicoobi

It is important that we keep our language clear and pure - grammar and spelling mistakes are abhorent.

*Abhorrent

😂