Escapegoat

We once had an "escapegoat" - got out of the field - or onto the roof of the shed and away into the woods.
Always came back.

How about “the proof is in the pudding “? Grrr 🤬

Oh @grandMattie, I seethe at this one whenever it pops up. I shout at the tv/radio/person “no, there is no pudding that has any proof in it!”

Bet the gnome thread goes down like a lead balloon then. Gnomatter.

😂

grandMattie

How about “the proof is in the pudding “? Grrr 🤬

I’d forgotten about that one!
It did remind me of ‘step foot’ and ‘spill the tea’. When did they replace ‘set foot’ and ‘spill the beans’?

Never heard of those Daddima have you seen them written or heard people say them?

Love this. Can remember when my old mum told us that she was taking methadone and it was doing her a world of good, she of course meant the tonic metatone, or at least I hope she did. 🤣

Oreo

Never heard of those Daddima have you seen them written or heard people say them?

Both, Oreo, though they may be more common in American articles.

Another of my bugbears is “global pandemic”.
Why do t they say “world global pandemic” while they’re at it?

Doodledog

RosiesMawagain

Doodledog

It's an egg corn - substituting a similar sounding word for the 'correct' one. Other examples include 'toeing the line', 'passing mustard' and 'tenderhooks'.

As they are all idioms it's not really 'pure ignorance', so much as not knowing where/how the phrases originated.

Or indeed what they mean.

NB Toeing the line is correct!
It’s “towing” that is wrong.
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Hope this is legible- you may need to enlarge it.

Yes, it was autocorrect that changed it, as I said immediately I saw what had happened.

Yes, it was autocorrect that changed it

I preferred autocarrot 😁

One of my late mum's friends would exclaim every year about the lovely St Bernard tree she passed on her way to work. She meant a laburnum tree!

Just spotted this!

kircubbin2000

Having a rest bite after an illness.

That’s one I used to see a lot on a forum for carers of people with dementia. TBH even a fully paid up grumpy old pedant like me couldn’t get too worked up about that one - the poor things were desperate for a ‘bite’ of ‘rest’.

Rosies, so much for all the qualifications you need to work in a bank. We knew more before we went to local Secondary School.

Daddima

grandMattie

How about “the proof is in the pudding “? Grrr 🤬

I’d forgotten about that one!
It did remind me of ‘step foot’ and ‘spill the tea’. When did they replace ‘set foot’ and ‘spill the beans’?

I’ve seen ‘step foot’ many times during the last year or so.
I’ve never seen ‘spill the tea’ though.

RosiesMawagain

Just spotted this!

Love it!

On tender hooks

Seen in my paper in the obits “ so sand so was a self-taught autodidact ! Grrr 😡

RosiesMawagain

Just spotted this!

That will definitely p* off anyone wanting any cash 🤣🤣