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11/03/2005 12:46:13 PM · #1 |
Lately it's been bugging the HELL out of me to see people mangle a particular "old saw" by saying "The proof is in the pudding..."
And what on earth does that mean? I need a spoon and a loupe to search the pudding for the proof? Correct cliché:
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Now, doesn't that make more sense?
Thanks for listening :-)
R.
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11/03/2005 12:50:02 PM · #2 |
The one that bugs me one heck of a lot more is when people dismiss something with the statement I could care less.
No. You're trying to express your complete disinterest. You mean you couldn't care less.
Saying you could care less is saying you do care now.
Sheesh!
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11/03/2005 01:00:29 PM · #3 |
Both good examples ...
Mine isn't a saying but rather an incorrect word. Irregardless. I believe it is in some dictionaries but adding "ir" in front of the word regardless is redundant! |
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11/03/2005 01:04:06 PM · #4 |
Ok, you cunning linguists...
Is it "For God's sake," or "For god's sakes?"
I hate it when people say "for all instance and purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes."
Message edited by author 2005-11-03 13:04:51. |
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11/03/2005 01:14:01 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Lately it's been bugging the HELL out of me to see people mangle a particular "old saw" by saying "The proof is in the pudding..."
And what on earth does that mean? I need a spoon and a loupe to search the pudding for the proof? Correct cliché:
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Now, doesn't that make more sense?
Thanks for listening :-)
R. |
Thanks bear for clearing that up for me. I never even knew it's being said incorrectly.
Cheers :) |
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11/03/2005 01:16:42 PM · #6 |
It took a long time for me to grasp that the US 'to luck out' was not the same as 'to be out of luck'.
What is so easy about bakery produce: 'cake walk' (US) and 'piece of cake' (UK)?
In the UK, 'intents and purposes' often ends up as 'intensive purposes'.
I thought 'the proof is in the pudding' was a speakeasy ploy. |
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11/03/2005 01:17:15 PM · #7 |
Just two words irritate me: "could of"
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11/03/2005 01:19:43 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by bpickard:
In the UK, 'intents and purposes' often ends up as 'intensive purposes'.
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It's the same in the US... at least in the south that one drives me crazy
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11/03/2005 01:19:54 PM · #9 |
How about "try and," as in, "I want to try and take a picture." Shouldn't this be "try to"??!?
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11/03/2005 01:21:41 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by StevePax:
How about "try and," as in, "I want to try and take a picture." Shouldn't this be "try to"??!? |
No... actually it's "fixin' to"
I'm fixin' to take a picture!
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11/03/2005 01:22:28 PM · #11 |
Oh, oh, oh, just got another one: "Haitch" instead of "Aitch". Very Thames estuary, that one.
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11/03/2005 02:13:29 PM · #12 |
I cannot stand when 'good' is used instead of 'well'. I often hear people saying things like "You speak so good" instead of "You speak so well". It makes my skin crawl. I hear it on television here in the United States all the time!
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11/03/2005 02:32:27 PM · #13 |
Your right.
No, it's my left.
(that's written skills, and lot of people are apostrophe-challenged)
Really interesting one is: "nucular", as in nucular energy, nucular power, and nucular weapons. That one is making me push the mute button.
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11/03/2005 02:32:54 PM · #14 |
Double negatives do it for me ( I don't want no food) and "could of" ,"might of" and "best" instead of "favourite".
The other written one is it's instead of its and vice versa ( it's always means it is - otherwise use its!)
I'm completely anal I know and I will no doubt think of more before much longer!:))
P
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11/03/2005 02:34:17 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Riponlady:
The other written one is it's instead of its and vice versa ( it's always means it is - otherwise use its!)
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I beat you to it!
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11/03/2005 02:36:36 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Riponlady:
"could of" ,"might of"
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... and I beat you to that!
Sorry, forgot to add ' hehehe'
Message edited by author 2005-11-03 14:37:12.
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11/03/2005 02:37:59 PM · #17 |
And I hate people who write Hee hee! (only joking!)
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11/03/2005 02:39:32 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by Riponlady:
And I hate people who write Hee hee! (only joking!) |
I wrote 'hehehe'. Does that excuse me?
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11/03/2005 02:42:02 PM · #19 |
This entire thread is entirely stupid irregardless of all intensive purposes. There is no point to the whole thing, just a bunch of cry-baby complaining. I dont want no more of this crying I'm telling you all, there's a place for it and it's not here. Its really driving me insane. I mean seriously, I could care less what you all think. For god's sakes, give it a rest.
Maybe I can luck out and this will all be gone off the main page in another hour or two, I guess I'll try back then. I mean heck the five minutes I spent reading all this, I could of found something better to do. I could take some picture, I mean I do that good. I guess I'll try and come back later...whether you will all still be complaining, I don't know, I guess the proof is in the pudding, and we'll see then. :D Did I miss any?
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11/03/2005 02:42:24 PM · #20 |
| And those damn wrong number dialers...somethings gotta be done about them! |
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11/03/2005 02:48:25 PM · #21 |
The other thing that really gets my goat is when I hear someone quote pi as being 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841972... when, as everyone knows, it is really 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971...
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11/03/2005 02:51:37 PM · #22 |
| My pet peeve is when people say "so fun." It's "so MUCH fun!" But I don't think most people ever learn that so I have more tolerance for that than I do for things like not knowing the difference between "your" and "you're," etc. |
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11/03/2005 02:51:44 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by deapee:
This entire thread is entirely stupid irregardless of all intensive purposes. There is no point to the whole thing, just a bunch of cry-baby complaining. I dont want no more of this crying I'm telling you all, there's a place for it and it's not here. Its really driving me insane. I mean seriously, I could care less what you all think. For god's sakes, give it a rest.
Maybe I can luck out and this will all be gone off the main page in another hour or two, I guess I'll try back then. I mean heck the five minutes I spent reading all this, I could of found something better to do. I could take some picture, I mean I do that good. I guess I'll try and come back later...whether you will all still be complaining, I don't know, I guess the proof is in the pudding, and we'll see then. :D Did I miss any? |
LMAO! Now that was done WELL!
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11/03/2005 03:12:11 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by troberge:
Originally posted by deapee:
This entire thread is entirely stupid irregardless of all intensive purposes. There is no point to the whole thing, just a bunch of cry-baby complaining. I dont want no more of this crying I'm telling you all, there's a place for it and it's not here. Its really driving me insane. I mean seriously, I could care less what you all think. For god's sakes, give it a rest.
Maybe I can luck out and this will all be gone off the main page in another hour or two, I guess I'll try back then. I mean heck the five minutes I spent reading all this, I could of found something better to do. I could take some picture, I mean I do that good. I guess I'll try and come back later...whether you will all still be complaining, I don't know, I guess the proof is in the pudding, and we'll see then. :D Did I miss any? |
LMAO! Now that was done WELL! |
No, that was done GOOD! |
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11/03/2005 05:40:46 PM · #25 |
I have a few little phrases that seem to make even some of my Texan friends question my education and upbringing... one that immediately springs to mind is "no bigger'n a minute" when describing something that is quite small. I reckon there are more. ;)
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