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NO IT ISN'T, KIRSTY!

(64 Posts)
phoenix Wed 09-Jan-19 20:56:26

Twice bloody twice, she said "the proof is in the pudding".

The phrase, as evry fule nos, (sic) is "The proof of the pudding is in the eating"!

Why do so many people get this wrong?

knspol Thu 10-Jan-19 11:40:04

All Kirstie/Kirsty's are annoying especially the one in The Archers!

railman Thu 10-Jan-19 11:53:32

Awesome - did she say it two time as she was arriving at a train station to get a coffee before alighting to her train seat wink

Suebcrafty Thu 10-Jan-19 11:57:33

Kirstie/Kirsty who?

Charleygirl5 Thu 10-Jan-19 12:13:21

Allsopp

mabon1 Thu 10-Jan-19 12:19:24

Many people use that phrase and it really annoys me.

Nanny27 Thu 10-Jan-19 12:22:37

Lost count of the number of times I hear 'off his /her own back' it's BAT for goodness sake not back.

eazybee Thu 10-Jan-19 12:26:25

Does anyone else think that the couple in the programme would have done better to invest their money in a decent waterproof shed, some storage boxes, and a course with professional declutters?

Jalima1108 Thu 10-Jan-19 12:26:46

Allsopp
Thanks Charleygirl5
I assumed that in the end but it could have been Kirsty Wark, Kirsty Young, Kirsty Alley, Kirsty Gallacher …..

What a lot of Kirsties!

Jalima1108 Thu 10-Jan-19 12:27:40

knspol
Oh, and apparently there's one in the Archers grin

Tadleyjan Thu 10-Jan-19 12:31:47

Is this all you have to witter on about?

Jalima1108 Thu 10-Jan-19 12:35:58

Yeah, great isn't it!!

A break after a busy morning. smile

Jalima1108 Thu 10-Jan-19 12:36:59

Glad you found the time to join us and post Tadleyjan - welcome

SueDoku Thu 10-Jan-19 12:37:19

All my life I've said, 'See a pin and pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck' as taught to me by my grandmother. This idiom is first recorded by Samuel Pepys in 1667 as 'an old proverb' -- and the number of people who say, 'See a PENNY...' is phenominal. It irritates me every time I hear it.

Jalima1108 Thu 10-Jan-19 12:38:21

I do say both SueDoku blush although I know that the original is 'pin'.

Nonnie Thu 10-Jan-19 12:48:16

'Money is the root of all evil'. Sorry, couldn't resist.

I shout at newsreaders for spouting rubbish. What is the world coming to when even the beeb can't speak proper English like wat I do?

ecci53 Thu 10-Jan-19 12:52:51

I get annoyed when I see 'it' s a doggy dog world'. Why can't people get it right?

Grammaretto Thu 10-Jan-19 13:13:01

The pin!! Aha I didn't know that. It makes more sense than penny.
Thanks for the gems on here.
I find I come out with proverbs and sayings more often as I get older and turn into my mother grandmother
We host international visitors and ask them if they have similar sayings in their own languages. They often do.

craftergran Thu 10-Jan-19 13:42:41

maybe the proof is in HER pudding - 40% proof whisky or something

Bathsheba Thu 10-Jan-19 14:08:53

Sheilasue I remember hearing someone say "that's like bolting the stable door after the horse has..... er...." She then burst out laughing when she realised what she'd done. grin

Caro57 Thu 10-Jan-19 14:31:05

There are an increasing number of TV presenters who can’t/ won’t speak properly

Neilspurgeon0 Thu 10-Jan-19 14:55:29

Cos they have not had no edukashun Ave they !

Hilmix Thu 10-Jan-19 15:14:03

grin

GreenGran78 Thu 10-Jan-19 16:03:09

The proof is in the Christmas pudding. A nice tot of 80% proof brandy!
Have you noticed how comical the word 'proof' seems after you have read/said it a few times?

GreenGran78 Thu 10-Jan-19 16:05:43

Sorry craftergran. I just noticed that you got there before me, but with a little less proof! smile

Blinko Thu 10-Jan-19 18:44:42

There's rather a lot of dumbing down going on, presumably to keep up wiv da yoof, innit?