..."to all intensive purposes..."

[BelfastBloke]

Anyone notice this yesterday in a thread?

I kept waiting for a pedant to jump in, but you didn't.

What are some other comedy mishearings?

[pagwatch]

I love to all intensive purposes!

I also like the thread where the lady has a husband with a 'wondering eye'.

But then I posted on here once about going downstairs in my bear feet.

I think sometimes we type what we are hearing in our head ratherthan what the words should be iyswim

[GroupieGirl]

How have I not discovered Pedants' Corner before?!

I have a friend who often tells me that something is "a mute point" - AAARRRGGGHH!

[detoxdiva]

I know loopy - I thought I'd just heard it wrong until I also saw it written down Still makes me chuckle at the image!

[BelfastBloke]

Welcome Groupie Girl! What are your favourite parts of Pedants' Corner? Or should that be Pendant's Corner?

[GroupieGirl]

Well, I think my vocabulary is increasing already...

I'd go with Pedants', surely?

[ludog]

I have heard Alzheimer's disease referred to as "old-timer's". Actually I quite like that one, I think I suffer from a touch of "old-timer's" at times.

[WhatsWrongWithYou]

Nice one!

We had a builder who said 'I'll be label to...' instead 'able to....' several times a day for 6 months!

[Just13moreyearstogo]

'It's a doggie dog world' instead of 'it's a dog eat dog world' is one I read that always makes me smile.

[vetnursegirl]

I have a friend who writes 'generally' when she means 'genuinely'. For example when telling me about a repentant boyfriend 'he was generally very sorry'. Actually, maybe she wasn't confused that particular time!

'Pacifically' instead of 'specifically' is really common... 'I don't know the pacifics'!

[vetnursegirl]

Also seen 'cully sack' instead of 'cul-de-sac'!

[TheUnmentioned]

As a pose to

[vetnursegirl]

'reached a major mildstone'

That might have been a spelling mistake...but I hope not!

[JBsmama]

Vice versa, pronounced "vice-a versa". Or even better, "vice-a versus".

[mollymawk]

Great thread. I want some bear feet like pagwatch's.

[Quattrocento]

Aren't these malapropisms? I think so

Like 'comparisons are odorous'

[MmeLindt]

Oh, I love these.

A friend's dad is great at these. He called my FIL Friegsied then apologized for his pas faux.

[DirtyMartini]

Eggcorns, aren't they? Some are, anyway.

'Like a bowl in a china shop'

[BananaPudding]

My mother's friend is very sensitive, and describes sad situations or happenings as "heart rendering". I always get a vision of the three witches cackling wildly over a bubbling cauldron full of hearts. It's quite difficult not to burst out giggling at the image, and it's always an inappropriate time for laughter as the subject at hand is, well, heart rending.

[DirtyMartini]

Love 'as a pose to'!

[UnquietDad]

"Insect day" very good, although I did once hear "incest day". I think it was just a slip of the tongue, but I remember thinking must be a very specialised area of PSHE.

[Clary]

We call it Insect day but it's meant to be a joke!

Loving "fradulent slip".

One I hate is when people talk about flaunt when they mean flout eg "flaunt the law" grrrrrr

[BelfastBloke]

It is a doggie dog world, when you think about it, isn't it?

[anonymousbird]

Specific Ocean.

Have we had that one?

Same woman would say "in response to that pacific enquiry".

FFS. I listened to that for nearly 3 years.

I have more, but laughing so much, can't currently think of them.

[Mervynne]

Not funny but dh used to say 'it's just part of the course' instead of 'par for the course'. He tried to defend himself by saying he refused to use golfing metaphors, the twit.