Malapropisms

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A number of us used to meet regularly every 6 weeks, and each time had to introduce ourselves by giving our name and title since there were sometimes new people at the meetings; and also to document who was in attendance in the minutes. There was a woman there who used to introduce herself every time as the “material” grandmother instead of maternal grandmother. Most of us at the meeting found her mistake amusing, but not in a mean way. I sometimes think back and wonder if I should have told her (privately) that she had it wrong. AIBU to have not said something at the time? Would it have been rude to? In a similar vein, when I was in elementary school, I used to believe the line in the Canadian national anthem, “Oh Canada! We stand on guard for thee” was actually, “Oh Canada! We stand on GOD for thee.” Six-year-old me couldn’t figure out why anybody would stand on God. What a dumb thing to do. It wasn’t until the words were put on an overhead projector during assembly a couple of years later that I realised that the correct word was actually “guard.” I still cringe when I think about it.

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Aka "Shit on this, I'm outta here!"

My Mum has always said this!!

Not a Malaprop but I know someone who says
'As deaf as a bat'
' The bees wings'

In Covid you heard a lot of people, including some tv pundits, talk about 'underlining' instead of 'underlying' conditions. Makes sense I suppose - something that emphasises/exacerbates the virus!

Coming up to Christmas my then five-year old told me that had learnt all about Little Baby Ginger.
Elderly friend moving house put a lot of furniture in a suppository.

@Bunniemalone late reply sorry! Nope, Essex born and bred unfortunately!

From a family friend....
Corvid instead of Covid
Hygenas instead of hyenas

Change tact

Tender hooks

This comes from a very sad scenario - one of our mutual friends was desperately ill and one of our group phoned to tell the rest of us that he had been "incubated" instead of "intubated"

statue of limitations

Once and a while

In Bristol then?
Do you live around this areal?

My daughter was being questioned by the police about an incident concerning a friend of hers. She told them she never said anything as she was worried about being prostituted (prosecuted).
Another time she was describing a person she knew as a cycle path (psychopath).
My elderly aunt always asked for a bottle of JLo in the pub (J20)

'Joshua fought the battle of Jericho' song- we use to sing in infants school.

Little me apparently use to sing 'Joshua fought the battle of cherry coke'...

I've probably mentioned before that in Infant School assembly, we used to sing the hymn 'Jesus bids us shine/ With a pure clear light..' I thought it was 'Jesus Spencer's shine/ With a pure clear light'. I interpreted it as an advert for some sort of polish that one could buy at Jesus Spencer's shop: presumably a bit like Marks and Spencers but more holy.

I knew a child, who used to sing: 'Who built the Ark?/ No one, no one... Brother, no one built the Ark!'

Mind field

My heavy smoker neighbour needed an operation. But because of the state of his lungs, he couldn't have regular anaesthesia. He would have the operation awake, and they would use an "epicural" on him.

I love the word malapropism! Not used often enough. I am led to believe it originates from the character Mrs Malaprop in R.B. Sheridan's "The Rivals" and their frequent mistakes.

Wow, I never understood that part of the song until now! I always thought it was a few random French words thrown together to sound vaguely sophisticated.