100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases

[VanIsle]

Yep, with butter they're better than lobster, though not as big as the ocean variety.

old man = father
old lady = wife
So, does that mean men age more slowly than women? Just wondering.

I disagree that old man = father. I hear women referring to their husband as "the old man" and it just sounds so gross. Men seem to refer to their father as the old man more frequently then they call their Mom the "old woman or old lady" but some of them call both their wife and Mom the old lady. Ugh!!!8O

 

[JLM]

How about "the old lady''? I hate that term.

Yep, that's a little crass, i don't use it in front of the wife.........:lol:

 

[Twila]

Yep, with butter they're better than lobster, though not as big as the ocean variety.

you can eat them? how big are they? I hear tarantula is good. You wrap it up in a giant leaf and place it in the coals of a fire. I've never had it myself, but I do like sea bugs.



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[VanIsle]

Oops - forgot an answer. Men age more slowly then women you ask. You do have such a great sense of humour cousin.

 

[Twila]

oh, how about the husbands that refer to their wives as mother? gag!

 

[Spade]

Wow, I hate the nonsense term "one off." If anything, it should be "one of."

And the phrase "back and forth." Shouldn't it be "forth and back." Because who in their right mind is going to back up first, then go forward!

 

[VanIsle]

Yep, that's a little crass, i don't use it in front of the wife.........:lol:

YOUR wife deserves to be called your (my) wife - not THE wife.

 

[VanIsle]

Wow, I hate the nonsense term "one off." If anything, it should be "one of."

And the phrase "back and forth." Shouldn't it be "forth and back." Because who in their right mind is going to back up first, then go forward!

Why does it show you as off line when you are obviously on-line.
If I leave the back of a room and go forth then I am going back and forth! Right?

 

[Twila]

my husband always calls me "my wife" even when talking to me...he'll say "how's my wife" or "where is my wife". I wonder if he's simply forgotten my name?

 

[Spade]

you can eat them? how big are they? I hear tarantula is good. You wrap it up in a giant leaf and place it in the coals of a fire. I've never had it myself, but I do like sea bugs.

Well I don't eat either lobster or spiders any longer, since I'm trying to cut down on butter. But guinea pigs are lean and low in cholesterol. Mmmmm, they taste like mice!
Will try to find the reference to the number of spiders each of us eats by chance while we're asleep!

 

[Spade]

Why does it show you as off line when you are obviously on-line.

Aether problem.

 

[JLM]

Wow, I hate the nonsense term "one off." If anything, it should be "one of."

And the phrase "back and forth." Shouldn't it be "forth and back." Because who in their right mind is going to back up first, then go forward!

You hear the term "pushing and shoving" a lot, I never could distinguish between the "pushing" and the "shoving" and also have wondered why sometimes it isn't just "pushing and pushing" or "shoving and shoving". Perhaps someone could enlighten me as to the difference.................:lol:

 

[Twila]

Well I don't eat either lobster or spiders any longer, since I'm trying to cut down on butter.

oh my. Cutting down on butter? hmmm, that's sucks!

 

[Twila]

this thread has now run-amuk. Not walked, waltzed, sauntered, or strolled, but fully and completely run-amuk.

 

[karrie]

Old man/old lady, mother/father, hubby/the wife...

I tend to actually use my hubby's NAME in the real world. If someone looks at me in confusion, I will explain that I am referring to my husband, but, he has a name, not a title. I use it. Mind you, when discussing him to the kids, I tend to just say 'daddy'. I don't use that one unless it's when I'm talking to the kids though. I swear. LOL.

 

[VanIsle]

oh, how about the husbands that refer to their wives as mother? gag!

I was talking to a Fire Chief one day several years ago (friends of ours) and I asked him a question. He said he would have to ask him Mom first. Never had I heard anyone say that before and honestly, I wondered why a grown married man, with children, would have to ask his Mom! It suddenly dawned on me that he was referring to his wife and I admit that the friendship kind of died there. I just really could not respect a man who was a Fire Chief or the so called top dog,referring to his wife as his Mom!

 

[TenPenny]

'one off' is a manufacturing type phrase.Instead of a production run of 23000 items, you make a prototype, often called a one-off, because you run only one off the production line.Essentially, it refers to a unique creation. That car's just a one-off, they'll never make it into production.

 

[VanIsle]

Well I don't eat either lobster or spiders any longer, since I'm trying to cut down on butter. But guinea pigs are lean and low in cholesterol. Mmmmm, they taste like mice!
Will try to find the reference to the number of spiders each of us eats by chance while we're asleep!

It's bad enough to know that we even do that let alone know how many! Gross!;-)

 

[VanIsle]

my husband always calls me "my wife" even when talking to me...he'll say "how's my wife" or "where is my wife". I wonder if he's simply forgotten my name?

At least that way he doesn't get the wrong name! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[TenPenny]

this thread has now run-amuk. Not walked, waltzed, sauntered, or strolled, but fully and completely run-amuk.

Thought that was 'run amok'.