Incorrect phrases you often hear

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong

Originally posted by: E equals MC2
To add insult to injury...


isn't it "to add SALT TO INJURY"?

Adding insult to injury is correct.

You might be mixing up that phrase with "adding/throwing/pouring salt to an open wound"?

someone in this thread isn't exactly Einstein

 

[hdeck]

"for God sakes" really makes me laugh, especially since it's so prevalent, even on tv and in movies

 

[thecrecarc]

irregardless of this thread, i could care less about such things. and to add salt to injury, this is all cliche. n00bs. its insane, all your complaints, there all stupid. for all intensive purposes, the right and wrong sayings mean the same thing! for gods sakes! i will seriously get some duck tape and seal your mouths shut. i and you, we should all just get along. pacifically, we should ignore each others' mistakes. its very flustrating. kind of like a nucular reaction, only more fun. its all a moo point, like french benefits. usually threads peaks my interest, but this is just lame. you all take it for granite your schoolings. you should of payed this much attention on other things! let me axe you a question, would the world be inflammed or throw in a panac if i did some things wrong? this is wetting my appetite for debate. however, i am going to scuttle away and segwayed to something else.


I tried .

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: TecHNooB
I say more fun instead of funner.

Me too, "more fun" sounds better so that's what I use.

 

[Braznor]

Hey, me so dumb. Thnks OP for this gat thead.

 

[zeruty]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally, it was "duck tape" when it was developed. Duct tape became more common later on. But, as has been pointed out, there's still a "duck tape" brand.

The thing with duct tape, is that it's actually not good for use on ducts! It dries out and becomes useless.

From Wikipedia...

Usage on ductwork

To provide lab data about which sealants and tapes last, and which are likely to fail, research was conducted at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Environmental Energy Technologies Division. Their major conclusion was that one should use anything but duct tape to seal ducts. (They defined duct tape as any fabric-based tape with rubber adhesive.) The testing done shows that under challenging but realistic conditions, duct tapes become brittle and fail.[7] Its use in ducts has been prohibited by the state of California[8] and by building codes in most other places in the U.S. However, metalized and aluminum tapes used by professionals are still often called "duct tapes."

 

[AbAbber2k]

If anyone ever got on my case for not pronouncing the "t" in "duct" tape, I'd probably slap them in the mouth. :roll: Any normal person will say "duct" and "tape" together at such a pace that they roll together and sound like "duck tape". If you actually pronounced it properly you'd sound like a stuttering moron.

<Jimmy>It's duct t-t-t-tape you r-r-retard!</Jimmy>

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: sirjonk
So my bud was like "for all intensive purposes..." I'm like, what? You mean "intents and purposes"? He's like, yeah. He then reprimanded me for "towing the line" and I could hear the "tow" instead of "toe" in his voice. He was getting annoyed at me now and threatened to "duck tape" my mouth shut. I told him that wouldn't make him correct but he said he'd do it "irregardless". I was only trying to help but he said he "could care less". So I took a queue from him and segwayed to another topic.

Originally, it was "duck tape" when it was developed. Duct tape became more common later on. But, as has been pointed out, there's still a "duck tape" brand.

I'm an favor of renaming it "duck tape". Too bad it's been trademarked now. It's no good for using on ducts.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: sirjonk
So my bud was like "for all intensive purposes..." I'm like, what? You mean "intents and purposes"? He's like, yeah. He then reprimanded me for "towing the line" and I could hear the "tow" instead of "toe" in his voice. He was getting annoyed at me now and threatened to "duck tape" my mouth shut. I told him that wouldn't make him correct but he said he'd do it "irregardless". I was only trying to help but he said he "could care less". So I took a queue from him and segwayed to another topic.

Claiming you can hear the difference between 'tow' and 'toe' is ridiculous unless they're pronouncing the 'ow' like they're getting hurt which I've heard before.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: sirjonk
So my bud was like "for all intensive purposes..." I'm like, what? You mean "intents and purposes"? He's like, yeah. He then reprimanded me for "towing the line" and I could hear the "tow" instead of "toe" in his voice. He was getting annoyed at me now and threatened to "duck tape" my mouth shut. I told him that wouldn't make him correct but he said he'd do it "irregardless". I was only trying to help but he said he "could care less". So I took a queue from him and segwayed to another topic.

Claiming you can hear the difference between 'tow' and 'toe' is ridiculous unless they're pronouncing the 'ow' like they're getting hurt which I've heard before.

No, I actually say towing and toeing slightly differently.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: sirjonk
So my bud was like "for all intensive purposes..." I'm like, what? You mean "intents and purposes"? He's like, yeah. He then reprimanded me for "towing the line" and I could hear the "tow" instead of "toe" in his voice. He was getting annoyed at me now and threatened to "duck tape" my mouth shut. I told him that wouldn't make him correct but he said he'd do it "irregardless". I was only trying to help but he said he "could care less". So I took a queue from him and segwayed to another topic.

Claiming you can hear the difference between 'tow' and 'toe' is ridiculous unless they're pronouncing the 'ow' like they're getting hurt which I've heard before.

No, I actually say towing and toeing slightly differently.

Me too, what's he on? I bet he can't hear the difference between their, they're and there either. Get yer ears fixed mate.

 

[daveshel]

Set up the verb and setup the noun.

I'll set up the display drivers.
The setup is complete.

 

[HeXploiT]

"irregardless" Should be - regardless.

"This is just like Deja Vu all over again". should be - Deja Vu (which means "all over again").

 

[HeXploiT]

Originally posted by: waffleironhead
Ive been around for a long time and what gets me is that all of you youngsters say the word "napkin". Back in my youth the thing was called an apkin. As in "I'll wipe my face with that apkin." Or "Could you pass me an apkin?" People started speaking faster and just blured an+apkin together and now all you idiots mar the english language with this new bastardized word "napkin".

Ouch my achy bones.
That is all.

You are so full of it.:laugh:
That's too ridiculous to be true so I'll believe it when you back it up with evidence.

 

[BZeto]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
"I could care less"

?

 

[RaistlinZ]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
"for free" or "next weekend" to describe the weekend after next.

next weekend is being used correctly when talking about the weekend after the one comming up

this weekend = the 12th-13th
next weekend = the 19th and 20th

This weekend is the next weekend.:|
And another is "Native Americans". isn't this anyone born in America?

If you go around saying, "Next weekend we'll be taking a trip to Vegas" people are going to assume you're talking about the weekend of Apr. 19-20. If you mean "this upcoming weekend" then say "this weekend" not "next weekend". It makes things less confusing.

 

[waffleironhead]

Originally posted by: Perry404

Originally posted by: waffleironhead
Ive been around for a long time and what gets me is that all of you youngsters say the word "napkin". Back in my youth the thing was called an apkin. As in "I'll wipe my face with that apkin." Or "Could you pass me an apkin?" People started speaking faster and just blured an+apkin together and now all you idiots mar the english language with this new bastardized word "napkin".

Ouch my achy bones.
That is all.

You are so full of it.:laugh:
That's too ridiculous to be true so I'll believe it when you back it up with evidence.

Ok, so I wasnt around then. I was just pulling something from a linguistic class I took.

 

[BunLengthHotDog]

Originally posted by: BZeto

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
"I could care less"

?

The correct usage is "I couldn't care less". Saying you "could care less" means you actually care, if only a little.

 

[daveshel]

Someone got off 'Scotch free.'

 

[j511180]

It's "miles per hour", not "miles an hour"

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Anubis
statue of limitations

also

moo point

Moo point? BWAHAHAHA!!! I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that.

Usually, I hear people say mute point which bugs the hell out of me.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Anubis
statue of limitations

also

moo point

Moo point? BWAHAHAHA!!! I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that.

Usually, I hear people say mute point which bugs the hell out of me.

For your pop culture edification: http://youtube.com/watch?v=4ifdqEmlx-I

 

[E equals MC2]

Originally posted by: j511180
It's "miles per hour", not "miles an hour"

I think an hour works too.

 

[ajtyeh]

Originally posted by: manowar821
HAHA, that annoyed the crap out of me.

I cannot stand it when someone says something synonymous with "That's so -gay-". It's not an insult you retard frat-boy idiots, it means homosexual or happy, neither of which have anything to do with "stupid" or "lame".

wow, you're gay

 

[Atheus]

someone told me they used to think 'scapegoat' was 'escape goat'... like an escape car but a goat...