The love-child of auro correct and Mrs Malaprop? 🤣

Wow! What a collection

Empathy or sympathising.

Perceptive.

Conclusions.

? What's my prize, please?

Wasn't Mrs Malaprop invented by one of the Restoration playwrights? Word-mangling was also the trademark of comedienne Hilda Baker.

'Leaping to concussion' is what my late ON did at College, he ran along a corridor and leapt down a short flight of steps without realising that the ceiling of the corridor made it dangerous to do, he slammed his head into the overhang and was out cold. This was long before elf'n'safety demanded a black and yellow tape on the edge of the lower ceiling to warn other idiots!

OH not ON, whoever he was!

Mrs. Malaprop is indeed a comical character from Sheridan's 1775 play “The Rivals” famous for her frequent, humorous misuse of words that sound similar to the correct ones, giving rise to the term "malapropism". Her name itself comes from the French phrase "mal à propos" (inappropriate). She's known for absurd phrases like calling an alligator an "allegory on the banks of the Nile" or a "pineapple of politeness" for "pinnacle".

I think we all know that.

These are hilarious! In many ways I would rather these than the completely wrong/misused words that I hear on a daily basis. I guess that was Sheridan's thinking too..?

I think Sheridan was making fun of pretention with Mrs Malaprop. Attempting to use long words in order to sound cultured.

I wouldn’t like to judge the OP’s examples; they could be autocorrect, poor spelling skills or genuine misuse of the words.

I think Sheridan was making fun of pretention with Mrs Malaprop. Attempting to use long words in order to sound cultured

Of course he was.

JamesandJon33

I think we all know that.

Wasn't Mrs Malaprop invented by one of the Restoration playwrights? Word-mangling was also the trademark of comedienne Hilda Baker

I was replying to this question.

My late mum once said “ I’ve just seen a lovely film, Lawrence of Olivier” bless her.

That's a nice one Sadgrandma
Although autocorrect wants me to write Dad's grandma

Then there are Spoonerisms and EggCorns.
An in-law of mine was always coming out with Malapropisms . She's sorely missed.
My DiL uses EggCorns and after a while you wonder which is correct.
e.g. Off his own back (instead of bat)
Or She's a mind of information (instead of mine)

I’m forever doing it, and often here! Sometimes it is my typing, some times autocorrect. However, I always find it amusing when corrected or someone points it out.

However, on a more somber note, when spoken words are used, if someone constantly uses incorrect words it can be a sign of something more sinister!

My mum bless her, sitting in the garden, lovely warm day she was gently swinging in a hammock type seat looked up at the blue sky and said ‘aren’t those clouds perathupic’
Mind you I m about the age she was then and I m sure I get loads wrong too

My dear mum said, innocently, that something had been accomplished in “one swell foop”. And one swell foop it has remained.

These things that enter family sayings are weird aren't they? They become so ingrained that your forget they are not correct. We have loads but I can't tell you one as they are normal now.

Just remembered - DH's uncle became an 'alcerolic' after an awful time in the war.

CabbageWars13

Wow! What a collection

Empathy or sympathising.

Perceptive.

Conclusions.

? What's my prize, please?

Wasn't Mrs Malaprop invented by one of the Restoration playwrights? Word-mangling was also the trademark of comedienne Hilda Baker.

Sheridan. We recently saw a very funny remake of The Rivals, with Patricia Hodge playing Mrs Malaprop to perfection.

My aunt always referred to the menopause as the monoplus.

Did you mean to write aurocorrect RosiesMawAgain 😁

🤣🤣🤣

AuRocorrect?

Oreo

Did you mean to write aurocorrect RosiesMawAgain 😁

Of course not - why didn’t it work then? 😱😱😱
Typos are something else.

A punket of strawberries 🍓
Prostate or prostrate. And my darling MIL used to call Petulia Clark....Petunia.

I remember bmy mum completely misunderstanding the word sexy. She was commiserating with a friend who's DH was having an affair.My mum said in an angry voice. " He's so sexy. What a sexy beast!"
The poor woman was shocked and I was trying to keep a straight face. Dad looked deeply embarrassed.

I remember an elderly friend, during the salmonella in eggs saga, asking me why they were putting semolina in the eggs.
Also another friend telling me her husband had prostrate trouble.