100 most often mispronounced words and phrases...

[Monk]

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Those are called malipropisms.

Is that the same as a dangling participal............ ???

[Scott Liggett]

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Those are called malipropisms.

Is that the same as a dangling participal............ ???

Dude, that's just gross.

[DanStokes]

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I had a boss who spoke almost exclusively in maliprops. One of my favorites was when he was putting symetric tile in the foley of his new house. And when he patiently explained to his boss that an overstaffing problem would be cured thru "normal nutrition". I was scarred that they were going to make us all eat in the snack bar until an adequate number of us croaked. It went on and on......

Dan

[ls7gto]

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Miami, Oklahoma
Miami, Florida

Okie: My-am-ah
Floridian: My-am-ee

ls7gto:

Palmyra IS Lebanon Co. Dont group me with those uppity Hershey people!

Hey, that's where I bought my bike from!! It was glow in the dark green/yellow....have you seen it before?

dont think ive seen it before, and it would be hard to miss! ;D

[driver_tag]

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My buddies Mom always wanted to go to how are ya [Hawaii]
I actually heard this on the radio here when I was a kid" be careful there's schlik ice on the hard road to Millstadt this morning".
Another buddies Niece told him she found a great new store called boo-shays [Buchiet]
and is it chantilly or shan tie e ?

[HoosierGTA]

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I'll keep this short. My co-worker slaughters every vowel known to man. Sometimes it's just soout there your thinking ... You've got to be staying up late thinking these things up!

[FEF100]

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Some I hate seeing is are "stahl converter", "high rise cam", "duel exhaust", "Vortex heads", "Hurst transmission". That list could be a long one.

I had a boss who liked taking care of problems before they got too big, or as he would say "nip it in the butt" instead of nip it in the bud.

My dad had a friend who used to complain about a busy day by saying that he had "run around like a chicken with his legs cut off".

[whiplash]

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when someone says "bite me" Do they really want to get bitten?