It really gets up my goat!

They're still out there, bless 'em!

It was a mistake- undoubtably.

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

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) ...

granjura Is that ice skating or roller skating horses?

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.

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

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

Ana - exactly!

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

phoenix

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

Still wrong IMHO!

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.

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

Makes perfect sense to me Granny23

I spent years cultivating and talking about a Cotton Easter until my sister quietly put me right

My OH infuriates me when walking round the supermarket he's forever telling me to check the dateth/dath , I can't even write it down as its not a word.. its date with a th on the end...

My elderly neighbour has gone away for New Year. She has asked me if I would water her Christmas Poncey-etta plant while she is away !

Many years ago, a neighbour used to say she's seen a wonderful alablaster fireplace surround... and knew someone who worked for the Admirality in the War.

absent ! I have just remembered that my friends mother used to say that she couldn't bear people "fornicating" all over her! She actually meant "fawning"

Thanks, graces !

I must admit to feeling so incensed that I actually wrote to the DT. The phrase "get a life" comes to mind.

Which brings us just about back to square one! PS I love your mixed sayings!!

I despair!

The title of an article in todays Telegraph re the "Great British Bake Off" included the words "the proof is in the pudding"

Aaaaaarrrrrggggghhh!

Phoenix, that made me laugh out loud. I love mixed sayings. My new favourite is " well it,s not rocket surgery!"

absent