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It really gets up my goat!

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Anne58 Thu 19-Sept-13 19:27:31

And other mis-quoted sayings!

I worked with someone who would say "Well, of course, it's catch 2" NO IT IS'NT, IT's CATCH 22!

Also "The proof is in the pudding" Actually, it's "the proof of the pudding is in the eating"

Then there was the chap who would refer to young "whippet snappers" (Perhaps I should have reported him to the RSPCA?) and another who once remarked that some such action resulted in "a human cry" (Took a minute or so to realise he meant "a hue and cry"

Please share yours, unless of course it's just me......

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KatyK Tue 31-Dec-13 13:46:05

Watched a bit of Celebrity Catchphrase yesterday in a moment of boredom. One of the phrases was 'the proof is in the pudding'. Hellooooooo........

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jinglbellrocks Tue 31-Dec-13 13:51:54

From Wiktionary: It is frequently now known in the shorter form the proof is in the pudding, which dates back to the 1920s and came into common use in the United States in the 1950s.

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Anne58 Tue 31-Dec-13 13:53:15

Still wrong IMHO!

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KatyK Tue 31-Dec-13 13:55:09

Oh....blush I must be older than I think I am.

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jinglbellrocks Tue 31-Dec-13 13:56:10

phoenix tchgrin

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Ana Tue 31-Dec-13 13:56:59

Surely if it were going to be shortened, it should have been to 'the proof is in the eating'. tchconfused

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KatyK Tue 31-Dec-13 14:09:45

Ana - exactly!

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granjura Tue 31-Dec-13 14:30:11

Well- I find those mistakes funny. Life's too short. And anyhow- as a foreigner, I've made many of those mistakes myself in the past.

Mind you, I often pick up mistakes made by the 'natives' - including on here, but would never dream of saying so smile

Recently someone put on my FB that I am 'a gluten for punishment'. And an e-mail about some relative's 'prostrate' operation. And another about their new 'ménage' (household??? instead of 'manège' horse riding rink).

Ah, well 'c'est la vie' as you say in English smile

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KatyK Tue 31-Dec-13 18:50:16

I probably make plenty myself. Granjura I have a friend whose husband is recovering from prostate cancer (thankfully). He has been treated for about 3 years and despite all the hospital appointments, treatment and leaflets etc she still says prostrate cancer, bless here. Least of her worries I'm sure.

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absent Tue 31-Dec-13 18:57:22

granjura Is that ice skating or roller skating horses?

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granjura Tue 31-Dec-13 19:20:30

Ice- skating at this time of year, LOL. I did wonder if it was the right word as I was tiping... been back in my French-speaking Jura for 4 years now, and yes- I do feel my English slipping (and not on ice) ...

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KatyK Sun 09-Feb-14 18:09:28

On the Andrew Marr show this morning, Eric Pickles apologised 'unreservably' for the flood problem not being dealt with more efficiently. confused

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rockgran Sun 09-Feb-14 22:10:52

It was a mistake- undoubtably. grin

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Anne58 Sun 09-Feb-14 22:15:52

They're still out there, bless 'em!

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