Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 This thread has turned out to be a bit of a damp squid. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Tow the line. A personal one...I've read the Sherlock Holmes stories many, many times over the years, but I always thought the collection "His last bow" was pronounced as in "bow and arrow." Only fairly recently did it dawn on me that this made no sense and it was taking a bow like a performer at the end of the show. Even so, my brain still pronounces it incorrectly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 4 hours ago, Cosmic Joe said: Up until very recently I've been pronouncing Southampton as "South Hampton". I feel very foolish indeed. Spike Milligna, the well known typing error, called one of his Goon Show characters Hugh Jampton. As in "huge Hampton". Hampton Wick being rhyming slang... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 6 hours ago, BTFD said: @Don Diego De la Vega recently admitted he thought that people went "hand gliding" I must fess up to this one too I was well into adulthood before I discovered my error. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 28 minutes ago, VincentGuerin said: I must fess up to this one too I was well into adulthood before I discovered my error. Easy mistake to make. My advice? BE A WEAR. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 1 hour ago, VincentGuerin said: I must fess up to this one too I was well into adulthood before I discovered my error. I was today years old… Spoiler Sorry 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 9 hours ago, jimbaxters said: There's a lad on the WoSFL forum who has twice called Darvel players "pre-madonnas". Oh the fun we've had. I won't name him. It was how offended he was at being called out that got me chuckling. Anway, for me, the biggest one that riles me up is when people say ‘pacifically’. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 This is a good opportunity to clear something up. When a goal is disallowed is it "chopped off" or "chalked off"? I always thought the latter but seen it written as the former loads on this site. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Sweet Dorset Tones. Why Dorset? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchetman Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 The proof is in the pudding. (no it f****** isn't) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 2 hours ago, jimbaxters said: This is a good opportunity to clear something up. When a goal is disallowed is it "chopped off" or "chalked off"? I always thought the latter but seen it written as the former loads on this site. Chalk off, https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/chalk-off#:~:text=chalk off in British English,a goal%2C try%2C etc) Seems related to either scorekeeping on chalk boards, possibly at a bookies, or perhaps crossing over from darts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Seen a few belters over the years on twitter etc "Lack toast and tolerant" and "it's 10 the grease outside" a couple of notable examples. Unlike hand/hang gliding where, despite being wrong you can understand both why someone might not think this was wrong and the meaning is quite obvious, i'm often left wondering just what the f**k someone who thinks the likes of "lack toast and tolerant" is correct thinks it means... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Low and behold, we'll have to cut our cloth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 20 hours ago, scottsdad said: Some folk say "Chest of draws" Gumtree is a goldmine of fuckwittery on this one...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMoore Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Can we include Tescos and Asdas? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 (edited) I need to be added to the growing list of hand gliding fans. It was just a few years ago when the penny dropped. In North Manchester many say keckle for kettle. Edited May 25, 2023 by hk blues 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 28 minutes ago, RuMoore said: Can we include Tescos and Asdas? Aldis and lidls?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Fortnum and Masons 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Morrisons. Oh, wait a minute... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Dating myself here but knew someone who used to say Food Giant's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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