Love Butchering The English Language

[vader]

[Spindulik]

Originally posted by j2k4@6 October 2003 - 10:44
There are literally too many to note, but alongside Lamsey's I must note (from American football) the decades-old use of the phrase, "high, end-over-end kick" should long ago have been replaced with the correct "high end-UNDER-end kick...."

I can't TELL you how much that bothers me.

I hate "Unloosen a light bulb", that means you are tightening it.

I hate "Talking behind your back", that means you are talking in front of them.


I hate the word "troop". It means "cavalry unit", not a single soldier. A boyscout belongs to a troop, not to a soldier.

[j2k4]

Originally posted by Spindulik+6 October 2003 - 10:19--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Spindulik @ 6 October 2003 - 10:19)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-j2k4@6 October 2003 - 10:44
There are literally too many to note, but alongside Lamsey&#39;s I must note (from American football) the decades-old use of the phrase, "high, end-over-end kick" should long ago have been replaced with the correct "high end-UNDER-end kick...."

I can&#39;t TELL you how much that bothers me.

I hate "Unloosen a light bulb", that means you are tightening it.

I hate "Talking behind your back", that means you are talking in fron t of them. [/b][/quote]
Old buddy, I believe we are sharing a specific "wavelength".....

[j2k4]

Some are just hilarious, though-

I live amongst a rather large Finnish population; shortly after I moved here, I became involved in a community project which required some minor wiring (household-type) to be updated, I was requested by my co-worker (a young lad by the name of Sulo Peltoniemi) to "throw the switch" which he communicated to me by use of the phrase, PUT IT GOING, EH?

Had I been sitting in a chair, I would surely have fallen out.

[ilw]

mixing up accept and except

[Gemby!]

Originally posted by Spindulik@6 October 2003 - 13:33


"your" instead of &#39;you&#39;re&#39; or &#39;You are&#39;

what i thought YOUR was a proper word B)

[titey]

Originally posted by gemby&#33;@6 October 2003 - 09:45
what i thought YOUR was a proper word B)

Yer right&#33;

[Snee]

"your" signifies genitive, ie: ownership, "that&#39;s your car" whereas "you&#39;re" consists of "you" and "are".

Yer can be used interchangeably as far as I know, therefore I will hereby opt for using yer, all the time.

ye r

[Gemby!]

phew - pure panick there &#33;&#33;

[titey]

@ SnnY - You should see an opta.... opti.... EYE DOCTOR bout that.