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Thread: Sayings That People Get Wrong

  1. 18-02-15, 20:47 #51
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by El Gwapo wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:43
    "revert back" always annoys me
    Quote Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:38
    Philosophers call that a tautology; others call it saying the same thing twice.
    Quote Originally Posted by El Gwapo wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:28
    Not sure but I think "naan bread" is another
    What - are you saying that 'naan' MEANS bread? In Wales it sometimes means GRAN.
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  2. 18-02-15, 20:55 #52
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    I read a post where someone said 'right from the gecko'.
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  3. 18-02-15, 20:58 #53
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
    Mute point
    Quote Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
    Ten items or less
    Quote Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
    Them things
    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
    Ten items or less? You'll have to explain that one. Sorry.
    Seeing as this is a pedant thread, surely sugar is countable? It would be a pain but it could be done.
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  4. 18-02-15, 20:59 #54
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by El Gwapo wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:28
    "revert back" always annoys me
    That's on a par with 'hence why'. Another one I don't like is 'repeat again' when the speaker has only said it once. If you are going to repeat it again you must have already repeated it once.
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  5. 18-02-15, 21:00 #55
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:58
    Mute point
    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
    Ten items or less
    Quote Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
    Them things
    Quote Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
    Ten items or less? You'll have to explain that one. Sorry.
    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
    It should be ten items or fewer
    No, the 'grains' are countable but not the 'sugar'.
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  6. 18-02-15, 21:13 #56
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:58
    Mute point
    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
    Ten items or less
    Quote Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
    Them things
    Quote Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
    Ten items or less? You'll have to explain that one. Sorry.
    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
    It should be ten items or fewer
    As I mentioned earlier......oh, never mind.
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  7. 18-02-15, 21:15 #57
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Cartman wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:55
    I read a post where someone said 'right from the gecko'.
    But what should it have been? Ghetto?
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  8. 18-02-15, 21:15 #58
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    A collective of pedants.
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  9. 18-02-15, 21:18 #59
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:58
    Mute point
    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
    Ten items or less
    Quote Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
    Them things
    Quote Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
    Ten items or less? You'll have to explain that one. Sorry.
    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
    It should be ten items or fewer
    Hold on a MO!! This ain't a Pedant thread; it's about sayings that people get wrong - and, in some cases, with serious consequences - perhaps.
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  10. 18-02-15, 21:23 #60
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Thats the 64 thousand (or is it million) dollar question
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  11. 18-02-15, 21:25 #61
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by Croesy Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:15
    A collective of pedants.
    So what is the 'collective' for pedants?
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  12. 18-02-15, 21:27 #62
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:25
    A collective of pedants.
    Quote Originally Posted by Croesy Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:15
    So what is the 'collective' for pedants?
    Pedantry?
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:59
    "revert back" always annoys me
    Quote Originally Posted by El Gwapo wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:28
    That's on a par with 'hence why'. Another one I don't like is 'repeat again' when the speaker has only said it once. If you are going to repeat it again you must have already repeated it once.
    Another tautology perhaps?
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  14. 18-02-15, 21:37 #64
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:25
    A collective of pedants.
    Quote Originally Posted by Croesy Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:15
    So what is the 'collective' for pedants?
    A "message board", obviously.
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  15. 18-02-15, 21:38 #65
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by bobh wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:37
    A collective of pedants.
    Quote Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:25
    So what is the 'collective' for pedants?
    Quote Originally Posted by Croesy Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:15
    A "message board", obviously.
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  16. 18-02-15, 21:40 #66
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by bobh wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:37
    A collective of pedants.
    Quote Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:25
    So what is the 'collective' for pedants?
    Quote Originally Posted by Croesy Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:15
    A "message board", obviously.
    Is the correct answer
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  17. 18-02-15, 21:42 #67
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:18
    Mute point
    Quote Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:58
    Ten items or less
    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
    Them things
    Quote Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
    Ten items or less? You'll have to explain that one. Sorry.
    Quote Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
    It should be ten items or fewer
    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
    Indeed. If it is countable (as in the case of items) it's fewer.
    spelt it wrong to get the peadants excited
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  18. 18-02-15, 21:44 #68
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:40
    The number of people who say undoubtably
    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Worcestershire wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:22
    What - does your objection relate to the number of people who say it, or to what they say (undoubtably) - or both??
    What they say but I am also surprised by how many get it wrong.
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  19. 18-02-15, 21:47 #69
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:42
    Mute point
    Quote Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:18
    Ten items or less
    Quote Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:58
    Them things
    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
    Ten items or less? You'll have to explain that one. Sorry.
    Quote Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
    It should be ten items or fewer
    Quote Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
    Indeed. If it is countable (as in the case of items) it's fewer.
    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
    If it's not countable (as in sugar) it's less.
    I don't think that people are really being pedantic - they are just trying to see the humour in the question - IMV.
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  20. 18-02-15, 21:48 #70
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    A shed load is not a lot off stuff!

    A shed load is a spilled load.
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:48
    A shed load is not a lot off stuff!
    A lot off stuff is not a lot of stuff!
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:48
    A shed load is not a lot off stuff!
    Look - that sounds great - but could you provide some detail please.
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:48
    A shed load is not a lot off stuff!
    http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/shedloa d
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  24. 18-02-15, 21:59 #74
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Yes it has become ans accepted term. But it is from a transportation term from for instance, "a lorry has shed it's load".
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  25. 18-02-15, 22:01 #75
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    Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong

    Quote Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:59
    Yes it has become ans accepted term. But it is from a transportation term from for instance, "a lorry has shed it's load".
    Not according to the above link.
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