Malapropisms...

[the-e-dealer]

Mr Mkenzie the Economics Teacher - The Common old Garden Consumer

My Nan - I knew what you were thinking I must be Telegraphic!

Oh yes and "we really have to grasp the nettle on this one"

Oh yes this is common among TV and Radio interviews - I think you are being dis-ingenius here!

[Coman]

Keef Wrote:

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> I have a colleague who does Pacific rather than

> specific, which always makes me smile.With regards

> lyrics, I thought Hendrix was asking us to excuse

> him whilst he kissed this guy!

There is an amusing Mitchell and Webb sketch on this:

[El Pibe]

"the sable rattling on both sides"

I love the idea of sable rattling, they're so cute!

http://kingsofwar.org.uk/2014/06/the-end-of-iraq-as-we-know-it/

[the-e-dealer]

When my Nan guessed what you were thinking she said "I must be Telegraphic"

[Bellenden Belle]

After sampling a particularly fine mayonnaise a few weeks back I declared myself quite taken with the areola.

[MrBen]

Once at School I said " bit of a damp squid" and that was it....

[the-e-dealer]

Grasp the nettle.

[DulwichVillageLady]

Er 2008. This has been discussed. Quiet with you all.

[El Pibe]

what's wrong with grasp the nettle?

[LadyNorwood]

BBC weather "forecaster" said this not long ago - took hours for my eyes to stop rolling.....

MrBen Wrote:

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> Once at School I said " bit of a damp squid" and

> that was it....

[El Pibe]

BB, I'm not even sure what you were trying to say ;D

[LadyNorwood]

My late mother-in-law loved going on holiday to the "Cotswells" and her train always stopped at "Hemel Humpstead"...

[StraferJack]

aioili was BB's intended word I think?

[the-e-dealer]

I had a girlfriend who like Hemel Nitrate.

[LadyNorwood]

Not a malapropism (or malaproprism as I used to say) but the phrase "the proof is in the pudding"..... Maybe I should put this in the tiny irrational things thread, but then I'd just be lambasted...

[El Pibe]

I understand that one though; the full phrase is a bit of a mouthful (baddamtish) and it sort of still makes sense as it is kind of implied.

[Loz]

I've heard quite a few people use "for all intensive purposes".

[the-e-dealer]

Miss-underestimated - Bush.

Common Old Garden - MY Economics Teacher

Normarily - Estate Agent.

[El Pibe]

irregardless ---- grrrrrr

[LadyNorwood]

People writing "defiantly" when they mean "definitely".....

[the-e-dealer]

I'm not coming out tonight I am feeling Anti Social.

[LadyNorwood]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> I understand that one though; the full phrase is a

> bit of a mouthful (baddamtish) and it sort of

> still makes sense as it is kind of implied.

I appreciate what you say, but if you apply this logic to any misused phrase or malaproprism [sic], then this thread would be dead in the water...

[El Pibe]

Do you mean "a bed in the water"?

[jacks09]

Not sure if it counts but American Literature and film always uses "I could care less" when they obviously mean "couldn't" drives me nuts

[Nicla]

Nans are brilliant for malapropisms - mine used to call the Dulux dog the Durex dog.