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12/05/2008 10:13:21 AM · #26
I can't fanthom it.

12/05/2008 10:21:13 AM · #27
I think I'm the one who's outraged the OP's sensibilities with my mangling of this proverb. In my defense, I've never heard, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating." I've only ever heard, "The proof is in the pudding." I present a wiki article on this usage, which has been in common use since the 1950s, but dates from even earlier.

This is a good example of the way language changes. However, I feel justified in bitching about the truly egregious misuse of idiom, such as one I heard a news reporter say on national TV here: "unchartered waters" instead of "uncharted waters". Now THAT'S bad, because it's so completely wrong and unprecedented.
12/05/2008 10:28:48 AM · #28
Originally posted by CEJ:

Each of the statements below is actually a well-known saying. How many can you return to their original state?

1. Scintillate, scintillate asteroid minific.
2. Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.
3. Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
4. Surveillance should precede saltation.
5. It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid.
6. Freedom from incrustation of grime is contiguous to rectitude.
7. The stylus is more potent than the claymore.
8. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.
9. Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.
10. The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not reach 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
11. All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.
12. Where there are visible vapors in ignited carbonous materials, there is conflagration.
13. A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiates the potable concoction produced by steeping certain coneatibles.
14. Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally.
15. Male cadavers are incapable of yielding testimony.
16. Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles.
17. Neophyte's serendipity.
18. Exclusive dedication to the necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders John a hebetudinous fellow.
19. Abstention from any aleatory undertakings precludes a potential escalation of lucrative nature.
20. Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potential for fracturing my osseus structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous.

:)


Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Birds of a feather, flock together
Beauty is only skin deep
Look before you leap
Don't cry over spilt milk
Cleanliness is next to godliness
The pen is mightier than the sword
You can't teach an old dog new tricks
Spare the rod, spoil the child
a watched pot never boils
not all that glitters is gold
No smoke without fire
too many cooks spoil the broth
14...
Dead men tell no tales
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Beginner's luck
All work and no play makes John a dull boy
19...
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me
12/05/2008 10:31:00 AM · #29
14... Charity begins at home
19... You can't win without a ticket?
12/05/2008 10:38:55 AM · #30
19. Nothing ventured nothing gained.
12/05/2008 11:05:45 AM · #31
I go crazy when I see normally intelligent, logical people bang their gourds on the monitor because of some tiny perceived error in a proverb. Is there no place here for creativity? My god the huge manatee.
12/05/2008 11:50:51 AM · #32
Originally posted by fir3bird:

I go crazy when I see normally intelligent, logical people bang their gourds on the monitor because of some tiny perceived error in a proverb. Is there no place here for creativity? My god the huge manatee.


There's something fishy about this.

The pun is mightier than the sword after all.
12/05/2008 11:53:01 AM · #33
Originally posted by Louis:

... I've never heard, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating." I've only ever heard, "The proof is in the pudding." ...

Same here. I think the OP should reserve his outrage for actual abuse, like the time someone in another forum I visit wrote "The proof is in the puting." !
12/05/2008 12:09:42 PM · #34
The ones I hate the worst are stupid signs.

There's one here in town that makes me NUTS!!!!

Baker's Diner Restaurant......well, WHICH IS IT?????????

Diner, or restaurant????

I also hate these mouth-breathing Neanderthals that put an extra "a" in masonry, and pronounce it mason-a-ry.

I actually saw it spelled that way on the side of a work van.....do I need to mention that it was hand painted?
12/05/2008 12:43:49 PM · #35
Originally posted by citymars:

Originally posted by Louis:

... I've never heard, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating." I've only ever heard, "The proof is in the pudding." ...

Same here. I think the OP should reserve his outrage for actual abuse, like the time someone in another forum I visit wrote "The proof is in the puting." !

Maybe he meant 'puting, as in "the proof is in the computing," and it was actually a kind of veiled insult of all the forum participants. ;-)
12/05/2008 12:47:22 PM · #36
Nucular

12/05/2008 01:26:04 PM · #37
people saying literally when they don't mean literally literally.
12/05/2008 01:27:52 PM · #38
Originally posted by posthumous:

people saying literally when they don't mean literally literally.

Also committed by commentators. "He literally exploded with rage." Must have been messy.
12/05/2008 01:29:59 PM · #39
Or, that timeless preface to a lie......"I am not making this up..."
12/05/2008 01:39:51 PM · #40
or from the dyslexic one in your family... "...killing to stones with one bird..."
12/05/2008 01:47:54 PM · #41
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Here's an amusing one I heard from a drunk Navy buddy some years back: "It's a doggy dog world, dude." It almost sounded right, but I asked him to repeat and explain it and then all I remember is falling off the barstool laughing.


I got a guess on this one. "It's a dog EAT dog world" This is usually followed up with a quote from Norm of Cheers! fame "and I'm wearing milkbone underwear."

Maybe that was all obvious.
12/05/2008 01:52:18 PM · #42
Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Here's an amusing one I heard from a drunk Navy buddy some years back: "It's a doggy dog world, dude." It almost sounded right, but I asked him to repeat and explain it and then all I remember is falling off the barstool laughing.


I got a guess on this one. "It's a dog EAT dog world" This is usually followed up with a quote from Norm of Cheers! fame "and I'm wearing milkbone underwear."

Maybe that was all obvious.


I hate when people visit East Carolina University and think East Carolina is a state, right Doc?
12/05/2008 02:14:06 PM · #43
Originally posted by scarbrd:


I hate when people visit East Carolina University and think East Carolina is a state,


We're thinking of succeeding. Damn, I hope I spelled succeeding right. Maybe we'll be first to succeed this time, rather than last. :) Breathing thru my mouth really stunts my spelling abilities.
12/05/2008 02:16:02 PM · #44
Originally posted by fir3bird:

I go crazy when I see normally intelligent, logical people bang their gourds on the monitor because of some tiny perceived error in a proverb. Is there no place here for creativity? My god the huge manatee.


no No NO!!!

It's "Oh, the huge manatee!"

Jeeze!



Message edited by author 2008-12-05 14:18:06.
12/05/2008 02:17:19 PM · #45
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Here's an amusing one I heard from a drunk Navy buddy some years back: "It's a doggy dog world, dude." It almost sounded right, but I asked him to repeat and explain it and then all I remember is falling off the barstool laughing.


Nobody here listens to Snoop, apparently. :)
12/05/2008 02:20:00 PM · #46
Originally posted by scarbrd:

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Actually you CAN have the cake and then eat it.

The correct way to say it.

You can't eat your cake and have it too.

Once you've eaten it, you can't have it anymore.

But everyone thinks I'm crazy on this one. ;-)


You're crazy :-) If you want to "have" your cake, you can't consume it, because once it's eaten it's gone. I think it works fine either way :-) It's like saying "You can't save your money and spend it too."

R.
12/05/2008 02:22:57 PM · #47
Originally posted by Gordon:

Originally posted by CEJ:

Each of the statements below is actually a well-known saying. How many can you return to their original state?

1. Scintillate, scintillate asteroid minific.
2. Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.
3. Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
4. Surveillance should precede saltation.
5. It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid.
6. Freedom from incrustation of grime is contiguous to rectitude.
7. The stylus is more potent than the claymore.
8. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.
9. Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.
10. The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not reach 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
11. All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.
12. Where there are visible vapors in ignited carbonous materials, there is conflagration.
13. A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiates the potable concoction produced by steeping certain coneatibles.
14. Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally.
15. Male cadavers are incapable of yielding testimony.
16. Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles.
17. Neophyte's serendipity.
18. Exclusive dedication to the necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders John a hebetudinous fellow.
19. Abstention from any aleatory undertakings precludes a potential escalation of lucrative nature.
20. Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potential for fracturing my osseus structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous.

:)


Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Birds of a feather, flock together
Beauty is only skin deep
Look before you leap
Don't cry over spilt milk
Cleanliness is next to godliness
The pen is mightier than the sword
You can't teach an old dog new tricks
Spare the rod, spoil the child
a watched pot never boils
not all that glitters is gold
No smoke without fire
too many cooks spoil the broth
14...
Dead men tell no tales
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Beginner's luck
All work and no play makes John a dull boy
19...
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me


14. Charity begins at home.
19. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

R.
12/05/2008 02:22:59 PM · #48
Originally posted by scarbrd:

I hate when people visit East Carolina University and think East Carolina is a state, right Doc?


East Carolina is a state we don't hear nearly enough about!
12/05/2008 02:32:05 PM · #49
Originally posted by scarbrd:

I hate when people visit East Carolina University and think East Carolina is a state, right Doc?


Originally posted by DrAchoo:

East Carolina is a state we don't hear nearly enough about!

An obviously altered state.....
12/05/2008 02:35:14 PM · #50
Originally posted by Louis:

I think I'm the one who's outraged the OP's sensibilities with my mangling of this proverb. In my defense, I've never heard, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating." I've only ever heard, "The proof is in the pudding." I present a wiki article on this usage, which has been in common use since the 1950s, but dates from even earlier.

This is a good example of the way language changes. However, I feel justified in bitching about the truly egregious misuse of idiom, such as one I heard a news reporter say on national TV here: "unchartered waters" instead of "uncharted waters". Now THAT'S bad, because it's so completely wrong and unprecedented.


Yup, it was you *this time*, but I've seen it a few times in the last few months in various threads.

Your point re: the evolution of language is a valid one, but nevertheless rearguard actions are not without merit. Some corruptions of usage are just plain dismaying to me, because wonderful, useful words get corrupted and what's to replace them? A good case in point would be the current denaturing of the terms "awesome" and "epic" to the status of generic praise.

One phrase that was corrupted so long ago nobody even remembers its origins is "it's a moot point", which now basically means "there's no point in arguing about it". But its origins are in the days after the Magna Carta, where the "real" legal system, the "real" courts, were in a few centers of population and the rural hamlets had to make do with basically uneducated magistrates. When a decision was not obvious — when a point of law was not clear, when equity was not immediately apparent, the case would be tabled until the traveling "circuit court", known as the "moot court", passed through town, and they would rule onthe matter.

So, actually, a "moot point" is something important enough that it's worth arguing about, or ought to be,anyway :-)

Aren't you glad I told you this? Jejejeâ„¢

R.
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